file-rs

a tool for determining file types, an alternative to file

whats done

• determining file extension
• determining file type
• determining file's mime type

install using cargo

$ cargo install file-rs

building from git source

you have 2 options for mime type detection library. one of them must be enabled:

• infer(default. smaller but may perform slower sometimes)
• mime_guess

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/XDream8/file-rs
$ cd file-rs
$ cargo build --profile optimized --no-default-features --features mime_guess
$ ./target/optimized/file-rs

usage

$ file-rs -h
$ file-rs <files> <args>

• example:

$ file-rs Cargo.toml

benchmarks

• ‘file-rs‘ version: , used mime-type library: infer
• ‘file‘ version: 5.46
• runs: 100