Unix file(1) command identifing .pyc

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The  Unix file  command  identifies  the  type  of  a file using,
among other tests, a test for whether the file begins with  a  certain
magic  number. The actual version (3.38) can't identify compiled
python code. I have added the macic numbers for python and
successfully tested on 2.2.1 and 2.1.3 on i386 and PowerPC machines.
Perhaps somebody has acient Python versions or unusual machines to
further test this.

The magic file can be found at
http://c0re.jp/c0de/misc/file-3.38-magic-python

Usage example:
$ curl -O http://c0re.jp/c0de/misc/file-3.38-magic-python
$ file -m file-3.38-magic-python /usr/local/lib/python*/cgi.pyc 
file: Using regular magic file `file-3.38-magic-python'
/usr/local/lib/python2.1/cgi.pyc: python 2.1.x compiled bytecode
/usr/local/lib/python2.2/cgi.pyc: python 2.2.x compiled bytecode
$ 

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