Re: [linux-audio-user] Identification of mp3 files

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Identification of mp3 files
From: Peter Hanappe (peter_AT_hanappe.com)
Date: Tue Nov 20 2001 - 19:01:57 EET


Steve Harris wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 02:42:28PM +0100, Peter Hanappe wrote:
>>
>>I'm looking for a little command line tool that tells me whether a
>>file is a MPEG encoded audio file or not. Something similar to
>>ImageMagick's identify command but for audio.
>>
>
> Get a newer version of the "magic file" for file, mine tells me:
> ...
> $ file -v
> file-3.35
> magic file from /usr/share/magic

Yes, version 3.35 works fine (the mime type option fails, though).
Many thanks!

Dave, I didn't find "file"'s home site but I found the source code
at http://tinfpc2.vub.ac.be/software/f/file-3.35.tar.gz

Peter

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