commit 1e5214367dfae4ec019c16cc879e706a9757caee
Author: rgrimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org>
Date:   Fri May 27 12:33:43 1994 +0000

    BSD 4.4 Lite Usr.bin Sources

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+.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993, 1994
+.\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\"     @(#)file.1	8.2 (Berkeley) 3/31/94
+.\"
+.Dd March 31, 1994
+.Dt FILE 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm file
+.Nd identify file content
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm file
+.Op Fl h
+.Ar file ...
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm File
+tests the specified files and attempts to classify them.
+If a file is a text file,
+it attempts to determine the type of text (e.g.
+.Xr csh 1
+commands or C source code).
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl h
+If a symbolic link is specified, identify the file as a symbolic
+link.
+By default, symbolic links are only identified if they reference
+non-existent files.
+.El
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+Previous implementations of the
+.Nm file
+utility did not follow symbolic links by default.
+.Sh BUGS
+As many tests are used and
+.Nm file
+stops testing on the first successful one, it can often make mistakes.
+.Sh HISTORY
+A
+.Nm file
+command appeared in
+.At v6 .