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@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
.TH FILE __CSECTION__ "Copyright but distributable"
-.\" $Id: file.man,v 1.42 2002/07/03 18:26:37 christos Exp $
+.\" $Id: file.man,v 1.43 2003/02/08 18:33:53 christos Exp $
.SH NAME
file
\- determine file type
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B file
[
-.B \-bciknsvzL
+.B \-bciknNsvzL
]
[
.B \-f
.I namefile
]
[
+.B \-F
+separator ]
+[
.B \-m
.I magicfiles
]
@@ -172,6 +175,9 @@ Either
or at least one filename argument must be present;
to test the standard input, use ``\-'' as a filename argument.
.TP 8
+.BI \-F " separator"
+Use the specified separator character instead of ``:''.
+.TP 8
.B \-i
Causes the file command to output mime type strings rather than the more
traditional human readable ones. Thus it may say
@@ -195,6 +201,9 @@ Force stdout to be flushed after checking each file. This is only useful if
checking a list of files. It is intended to be used by programs that want
filetype output from a pipe.
.TP 8
+.B \-N
+Don't pad output to align filenames nicely.
+.TP 8
.B \-v
Print the version of the program and exit.
.TP 8
@@ -228,7 +237,7 @@ to disregard the file size as reported by
since on some systems it reports a zero size for raw disk partitions.
.SH FILES
.I __MAGIC__.mgc
-\- defaults compiled list of magic numbers
+\- default compiled list of magic numbers
.PP
.I __MAGIC__
\- default list of magic numbers
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