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Bash file command (both)

1:55pm Tue 14th Mar, Michael W.

"Adrian Borthwick" <22*5*5*4@s*u*e*t*u*a*e*u*a*> wrote:

> Hello > On Pg 17 ( 41 digital) Of 'Linux Command Line' textbook, it says the file command can be used to display a file's type. > I have tried this in bash in lab container but I get command not found. Tried it on the Ubuntu WSL shell and seems to work ok. > Just wondering if the container been restricted to not allow this command? > Thanks > :)

Hi Adrian, That is curious. I always assumed that the file command (to identify the type of a file) is standard Unix. Turns out that it's not part of GNU. Cheers MichaelW

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