This is a pre-release version of FILETYPE. After I get some feedback from
people, I'll release the final version.

  FILETYPE identifies the type of files by examining the first 512 bytes
and using heuristics (i.e. it guesses). For instance, it distinguishes
C programs from Assembly from Modula II from Smalltalk from English text,
it knows about the different icon types, device drivers, libraries,
Aztec file types, arc, zoo, IFF files, etc. I did my best to have it
recognize every file type I could get my hands on. Currently works only
from CLI.

   Although it is impossible for a program like this to always guess
correctly, it does a pretty good job overall. If there are other features
or other file types you'd like to see identified, let me know. But be
sure to tell me *how* to identify a file, because if it's not in there
already, it's because I don't know how right now. Simply telling me that
it doesn't know about Lotus 1-2-3 files won't help much, because *I*
don't know about those files either! I can figure it out based on examples,
though.

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