[Cialug] List file types in a directory

[kristau]

On 3/8/07, Daniel Juliano <dan at danandlaurajuliano.com> wrote:
> So, how would I get a list of file types for all files in a directory?
> Let's say I've got the following:
> test1.txt
> test2.txt
> test3.jpg
>
> I'd like something similar to:
> .txt
> .jpg
>
> Any ideas?

If you can trust that the file extensions correlate reliably to the
actual file types, then most of the methods listed here will work OK.
However, if you cannot make this assumption, 'file' will inspect each
file and give you a good guess at its format.

'file' can make mistakes, though.  I ran it against a folder with
Quicken .QIF files in it and they were identified as "Assembler
source".  I don't think I'm going to try running those through nasm,
though.

;)

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