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Hi Sachin,
Sorry for not mentioning that I need to do it programmatically from a user
space
program.
Thanks
Satheesh

Sachin Garg wrote:

> "Satheesh Kumar. N.K" wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > How can I make out if a file is binary or text given its path?
> > Is there a system call which will help me through this? Note that
> > I don't want to test if a file is block special, char special etc. All I
> >
> > want is if a given file is binary or text.
>
> $ file <filename>
>
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