FIDENTIFY(8)                 Administration Tools                 FIDENTIFY(8)

NAME
       fidentify - Determine file type using PhotoRec database

SYNOPSIS
       fidentify [--check] [directory|file]

       fidentify --version


DESCRIPTION
          fidentify identify the file type, the "extension", by using the same
       database than PhotoRec.
          When a file or directory is specified, fidentify will output the
       type of file, or files under the specified directory.
          If given no arguments, fidentify will output type of files under
       current directory.
          fidentify is similar to file(1).

OPTIONS
       --check
              check the file format like PhotoRec does by default

SEE ALSO
       photorec(8), testdisk(8), file(1)

AUTHOR
       PhotoRec 7.2, Data Recovery Utility, February 2024
       Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
       https://www.cgsecurity.org

2024                               February                       FIDENTIFY(8)