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FIDENTIFY(8) Administration Tools FIDENTIFY(8)

NAME

fidentify - Determine file type using PhotoRec database

SYNOPSIS

fidentify [--check] [directory|file]

fidentify --version

DESCRIPTION


fidentify identify the file type, the "extension", by using the same database than PhotoRec.
When a file or directory is specified, fidentify will output the type of file, or files under the specified directory.
If given no arguments, fidentify will output type of files under current directory.
fidentify is similar to file(1).

OPTIONS

check the file format like PhotoRec does by default

SEE ALSO

photorec(8), testdisk(8), file(1)

AUTHOR

PhotoRec 7.2, Data Recovery Utility, February 2024
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
https://www.cgsecurity.org

February 2024