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Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install file-formula

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%
sudo port install file

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/file/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%
sudo apk add file

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · file · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%
sudo apt install file

Debian stable package indexes · file · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%
sudo dnf install file

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · file · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#file

nixpkgs package indexes · file · Quelle: raw.githubusercontent.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%
sudo pacman -S file

Arch Linux sync databases · file · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%
sudo zypper install file

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · file · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Chocolateyverifiziert · 92%
choco install file

Chocolatey community package catalog · file · Quelle: community.chocolatey.org

Scoopverifiziert · 92%
scoop install main/file

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/file.json · Quelle: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverifiziert · 92%
winget install --id GnuWin32.File -e

Windows Package Manager source index · GnuWin32.File · Quelle: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Utility to determine file types

Befehle und Aliase

  • file

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

file is the widely used Unix command and libmagic library for identifying file types from contents rather than names or extensions.

Projektgeschichte

Ian Darwin's official page distinguishes the historical Bell Labs Unix file command from his free reimplementation. It notes that the original command shipped with Bell Labs Unix, including a Research 4th Edition man page from 1973, but was not generally available in source form before Darwin's reimplementation.

Darwin's implementation and magic file began in 1987; the page shows an RCS initial revision dated August 23, 1987. The README describes Release 5.x as Ian Darwin's implementation of the Unix file command and says it knows the magic numbers of several thousand file types.

Maintenance later broadened. The README credits Guy Harris as the prime contributor to Release 3.8, Christos Zoulas as the prime contributor to Release 3.0, and Mans Rullgard as the prime contributor to 4.0, where the code was refactored into libmagic and the file command was rewritten on top of that library.

Adoptionsgeschichte

The official README states that this version is the standard file command for Linux, BSD, and other systems. Darwin's page adds that it ships with most free operating systems, has been ported to systems including DOS, Microsoft Windows, and OS/2, and that OpenBSD uses the project's configuration files even though it maintains its own code.

The supplied package metadata reflects that platform reach, listing packages across Homebrew, Alpine, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, Chocolatey, winget, and openSUSE.

Wie es verwendet wird

The command-line use is simple: pass paths to file and receive textual guesses about their data type. The important behavior is that it examines file contents, including filesystem data, magic rules, and hardwired text/encoding checks, rather than relying on filename extensions.

The libmagic split made the same detection engine reusable by other programs without spawning the file command. The README and homepage call out libmagic as a library interface for third-party file-type detection.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

file is one of the core Unix plumbing commands package maintainers take for granted until it is missing, stale, or misdetecting a format. It underpins configure scripts, build systems, MIME/type detection, archive inspection, and debugging sessions.

Its magic database is also culturally important: maintaining file means maintaining a compact, portable folk taxonomy of binary formats, text encodings, archives, executable formats, and application data.

Zeitleiste

  • 1973: A Research 4th Edition Unix file man page documents the earlier Bell Labs command.
  • 1987: Ian Darwin's RCS history records the initial revision of his free implementation.
  • Release 3.0: Christos Zoulas contributes major code changes.
  • Release 3.8: Guy Harris contributes byte-order independence and other large changes.
  • Release 4.0: The code is refactored into libmagic plus a command-line frontend.
  • Release 5.x: The README identifies it as the standard file command for Linux, BSD, and other systems.

Related projects

  • file is related to libmagic consumers, MIME detection systems, Unix magic(5) databases, package build tooling, and operating-system file managers that need content-based type detection.

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

  • Es wurden keine Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten erfasst.

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Executables

Installierte Executables

BefehlArtSichtbarkeitHinweis
fileExecutableindexiertes ExecutableAus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt.

Aktualität

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Seite generiert2026-08-03
Manager-Version5.48
Manager aktualisiert2026-06-22
lokale Datenunbekannt
Upstreamnicht verfügbar
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt
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Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüsselbrew:file-formula
Version5.48
PaketmanagerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://darwinsys.com/file/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/file/file
Zuletzt aktualisiert2026-06-22T14:03:20-07:00
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MacPorts94%

file

sudo port install file
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: File
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/file/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Debian apt92%

file 1:5.46-5

Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers

https://www.darwinsys.com/file/

sudo apt install file
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 Abhängigkeiten
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: File
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: file from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt92%

libmagic-dev 1:5.46-5

Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers - development

https://www.darwinsys.com/file/

sudo apt install libmagic-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: file
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: File
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libmagic-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt92%

libmagic-mgc 1:5.46-5

File type determination library using "magic" numbers (compiled magic file)

https://www.darwinsys.com/file/

sudo apt install libmagic-mgc
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: file
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: File
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libmagic-mgc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt92%

libmagic1t64 1:5.46-5

Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers - library

https://www.darwinsys.com/file/

sudo apt install libmagic1t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: file
  • 5 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • 1 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: File
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libmagic1t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix92%

file

nix profile install nixpkgs#file
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: File
nixpkgs package indexes · raw.githubusercontent.com · nixpkgs package indexes: file from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
Ubuntu apt92%

file 1:5.45-3build1

Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers

https://www.darwinsys.com/file/

sudo apt install file
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 Abhängigkeiten
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: File
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: file from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt92%

libmagic-dev 1:5.45-3build1

Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers - development

https://www.darwinsys.com/file/

sudo apt install libmagic-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: file
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: File
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmagic-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt92%

libmagic-mgc 1:5.45-3build1

File type determination library using "magic" numbers (compiled magic file)

https://www.darwinsys.com/file/

sudo apt install libmagic-mgc
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: file
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: File
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmagic-mgc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt92%

libmagic1t64 1:5.45-3build1

Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers - library

https://www.darwinsys.com/file/

sudo apt install libmagic1t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: file
  • 5 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • 1 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: File
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmagic1t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk92%

file 5.47-r2

File type identification utility

https://www.darwinsys.com/file/

sudo apk add file
  • License: BSD-2-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: file
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: File
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: file from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk92%

file-dev 5.47-r2

File type identification utility (development files)

https://www.darwinsys.com/file/

sudo apk add file-dev
  • License: BSD-2-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: file
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: File
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: file-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk92%

file-doc 5.47-r2

File type identification utility (documentation)

https://www.darwinsys.com/file/

sudo apk add file-doc
  • License: BSD-2-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: file
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: File
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: file-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk92%

libmagic 5.47-r2

File type identification library

https://www.darwinsys.com/file/

sudo apk add libmagic
  • License: BSD-2-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: file
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: File
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libmagic from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk92%

libmagic-static 5.47-r2

File type identification utility (static library)

https://www.darwinsys.com/file/

sudo apk add libmagic-static
  • License: BSD-2-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: file
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: File
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libmagic-static from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf92%

file 5.47-3.fc45

Utility for determining file types

https://www.darwinsys.com/file/

sudo dnf install file
  • License: BSD-2-Clause-Darwin AND BSD-2-Clause
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: file
  • 4 Abhängigkeiten
  • 2 stellt bereit
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: File
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: file from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

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