I didn't miss that. "file" will always tell you something, I doubt there can be any situation where it will just give you an empty output. You because it can get specific, it will tell you if something is a text file or binary format it whatever. So what's the output?
On Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 19:33 <eben@gmx.us> wrote:On 6/27/24 04:02, Richard wrote:
> Am Do., 27. Juni 2024 um 06:33 Uhr schrieb Van Snyder <
> van.snyder@sbcglobal.net>:
>
>> "file" has no idea what
>> any of the files are.
> Otherwise, what exactly does "file" or better "file -i" say?
I think you missed that.