Re: How can I check (and run) if an *.exe is a DOS or a Windows program?

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Subject: Re: How can I check (and run) if an *.exe is a DOS or a Windows program?
From: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2023 18:25:07 +0100
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On Sat, Jan 07, 2023 at 08:47:09AM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> If I remember correctly, dos and windows .com and .exe programs all have
> control-z as their first character.  The file command may also help.

No. Control-Z (aka 0x1a) was an EOF character under DOS. Files were
(sometimes...) terminated with that. Hilarity ensued when there was
stuff after that (DOS/Windows was very hilarious, for some value of
hilarious).

Cheers
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