.TH FILE 1
.SH NAME
file \- determine file type
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B file
[
.I file
\&...
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I File
performs a series of tests on its argument
.I files
in an attempt to classify their contents by language or purpose.
If no arguments are given, the classification is performed
on standard input.
.SH BUGS
It can make mistakes, for example classifying a file of decimal data,
.LR .01 ,
.LR .02 ,
etc. as
.IR troff (1)
input.
