type of file?

[Nori Heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu>]

i recall someone on here recently mentioning a simple command to
determine what type of file something is.  i can't find it, though --
can anyone refresh my memory?  i promise to write it down this time :)

thanks,

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