fidentify - Determine file type using PhotoRec database

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  SEE ALSO  AUTHOR 

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NAME

fidentify − Determine file type using PhotoRec database

SYNOPSIS

fidentify [--check] [directory|file]

fidentify --version

DESCRIPTION

fidentify identify the file type, the "extension", by using the same database than PhotoRec.
When a file or directory is specified, fidentify will output the type of file, or files under the specified directory.
If given no arguments, fidentify will output type of files under current directory.
fidentify is similar to file(1).

OPTIONS

--check

check the file format like PhotoRec does by default

SEE ALSO

photorec(8),testdisk(8),file(1)

AUTHOR

PhotoRec 7.1, Data Recovery Utility, July 2019
Christophe GRENIER <[email protected]>
https://www.cgsecurity.org

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