file(1) command in Python?

[Oleg Broytmann]

On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 01:49:28PM -0700, Bill Janssen wrote:
> Has anyone written a module or function for Python which provides the
> functionality of the Unix file(1) command?  That is, it attempts to
> guess the type of a file by looking for distinctive patterns in the
> contents of the file, usually driven by a table of "magic" numbers and
> strings.

Magic on Parnasus: http://www.vex.net/parnassus/apyllo.py/514463245.39015704

Oleg.
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