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| author | Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-19 23:44:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-19 23:44:58 +0000 |
| commit | 3898680cf705cef4e1cc606b44cd91fc4252bcd5 (patch) | |
| tree | 1070287b1054de985087e8287086ae5d4c5ed090 /usr.bin/file | |
| parent | 0c7c579ba6b65512b9b668508dc41b8b5b057c65 (diff) | |
| download | src-test2-3898680cf705cef4e1cc606b44cd91fc4252bcd5.tar.gz src-test2-3898680cf705cef4e1cc606b44cd91fc4252bcd5.zip | |
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diff --git a/usr.bin/file/file.1 b/usr.bin/file/file.1 index fb368237f224..620abd711841 100644 --- a/usr.bin/file/file.1 +++ b/usr.bin/file/file.1 @@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION This manual page documents version 3.37 of the .Nm -command. -.Pp -.Nm File -tests each argument in an attempt to classify it. +utility which tests each argument in an attempt to classify it. There are three sets of tests, performed in this order: filesystem tests, magic number tests, and language tests. The @@ -429,8 +426,9 @@ strings for use in heterogenous network environments) for faster startup. Then the program would run as fast as the Version 7 program of the same name, with the flexibility of the System V version. .Pp -.Nm File -uses several algorithms that favor speed over accuracy, +The +.Nm +utility uses several algorithms that favor speed over accuracy, thus it can be misled about the contents of text files. |