Re: [OT] Magic numbers

[Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br>]

On 02/06/2011 06:27 PM, Lisi wrote:
> I need to find out:
> a)What the magic number should be for certain types of file and
> b)Whether a specific file of that type has the correct magic number.
>
> Here is my one, so far futile, effort - in addition to googling until I can
> see magic numbered smoke coming out of my ears. :-(
>
> lisi@Tux:~$ cat /usr/share/misc/magic.mgc | grep gzip
> Binary file (standard input) matches
> lisi@Tux:~$
>
> I realise that this is more specific to UNIX than specific to Debian - but it
> applies to all the UNIX family, and Debian is part of that family. ;-)

That's a binary file, it won't help you much.

See the corresponding source package, you should find the same 
information in that file in a more readable way.


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Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
eduardo@kalinowski.com.br