[plug] question about file types

Peter Wilsmore djinn at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
Mon Jan 11 16:46:04 WST 1999


On Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 03:46:20AM +0000, Leon Brooks wrote:
> Tamara Thompson wrote:
> > 1) is there a way to determine if a file is a readable script or a binary?
> 
> Scripts are usually small (2K or less).

There is an package with the file command which will tell you if a file is an
application, script, dirrectory or link etc.

hohum,  
  the Djinn


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