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.SH NAME
file
\- determine file type
]
[
.B \-f
-namefile ]
+.I namefile
+]
[
.B \-m
-magicfiles ]
-file ...
+.I magicfiles
+]
+.I file
+\&...
.br
.B file
.B -C
.B \-c
Cause a checking printout of the parsed form of the magic file.
This is usually used in conjunction with
+.B \-m
+to debug a new magic file before installing it.
+.TP 8
.B \-C
Write a magic.mgc output file that contains a pre-parsed version of
file.
-.B \-m
-to debug a new magic file before installing it.
.TP 8
-.B \-f namefile
+.BI \-f " namefile"
Read the names of the files to be examined from
.I namefile
(one per line)
.B \-k
Don't stop at the first match, keep going.
.TP 8
-.B \-m list
+.BI \-m " list"
Specify an alternate list of files containing magic numbers.
This can be a single file, or a colon-separated list of files.
.TP 8