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I have a problem finding out what is the real mime type of a file whose name and extension was changed. For example, the file "app.exe" renamed to "picture.png" or "document.pdf", how can I get that the real mime type is ".exe"?



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  • Check out the file signature ("magic" bytes at the very beginning of the file). Plain text files (note: csv files are plain text files) do not have it.
    – Kling Klang
    Nov 7 at 11:59












  • Thanks for answering! Very useful information about magic bytes. But, how can I verify that a plain text file is really a plain text file?
    – DanSC
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  • Well, if all the magic signatures you checked do not match, then it's probably a plain text file. As I said, csv data files and programming source files (including batch/scripts but excluding markup languages) are indistinguishable from actual texts.
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    Nov 7 at 15:33

















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I have a problem finding out what is the real mime type of a file whose name and extension was changed. For example, the file "app.exe" renamed to "picture.png" or "document.pdf", how can I get that the real mime type is ".exe"?



Thanks for your help.



Regards,






android file mime-types







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  • Check out the file signature ("magic" bytes at the very beginning of the file). Plain text files (note: csv files are plain text files) do not have it.
    – Kling Klang
    Nov 7 at 11:59












  • Thanks for answering! Very useful information about magic bytes. But, how can I verify that a plain text file is really a plain text file?
    – DanSC
    Nov 7 at 14:21












  • Well, if all the magic signatures you checked do not match, then it's probably a plain text file. As I said, csv data files and programming source files (including batch/scripts but excluding markup languages) are indistinguishable from actual texts.
    – Kling Klang
    Nov 7 at 15:33















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I have a problem finding out what is the real mime type of a file whose name and extension was changed. For example, the file "app.exe" renamed to "picture.png" or "document.pdf", how can I get that the real mime type is ".exe"?



Thanks for your help.



Regards,






android file mime-types







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I have a problem finding out what is the real mime type of a file whose name and extension was changed. For example, the file "app.exe" renamed to "picture.png" or "document.pdf", how can I get that the real mime type is ".exe"?



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  • Check out the file signature ("magic" bytes at the very beginning of the file). Plain text files (note: csv files are plain text files) do not have it.
    – Kling Klang
    Nov 7 at 11:59












  • Thanks for answering! Very useful information about magic bytes. But, how can I verify that a plain text file is really a plain text file?
    – DanSC
    Nov 7 at 14:21












  • Well, if all the magic signatures you checked do not match, then it's probably a plain text file. As I said, csv data files and programming source files (including batch/scripts but excluding markup languages) are indistinguishable from actual texts.
    – Kling Klang
    Nov 7 at 15:33




















  • Check out the file signature ("magic" bytes at the very beginning of the file). Plain text files (note: csv files are plain text files) do not have it.
    – Kling Klang
    Nov 7 at 11:59












  • Thanks for answering! Very useful information about magic bytes. But, how can I verify that a plain text file is really a plain text file?
    – DanSC
    Nov 7 at 14:21












  • Well, if all the magic signatures you checked do not match, then it's probably a plain text file. As I said, csv data files and programming source files (including batch/scripts but excluding markup languages) are indistinguishable from actual texts.
    – Kling Klang
    Nov 7 at 15:33


















Check out the file signature ("magic" bytes at the very beginning of the file). Plain text files (note: csv files are plain text files) do not have it.
– Kling Klang
Nov 7 at 11:59






Check out the file signature ("magic" bytes at the very beginning of the file). Plain text files (note: csv files are plain text files) do not have it.
– Kling Klang
Nov 7 at 11:59














Thanks for answering! Very useful information about magic bytes. But, how can I verify that a plain text file is really a plain text file?
– DanSC
Nov 7 at 14:21






Thanks for answering! Very useful information about magic bytes. But, how can I verify that a plain text file is really a plain text file?
– DanSC
Nov 7 at 14:21














Well, if all the magic signatures you checked do not match, then it's probably a plain text file. As I said, csv data files and programming source files (including batch/scripts but excluding markup languages) are indistinguishable from actual texts.
– Kling Klang
Nov 7 at 15:33






Well, if all the magic signatures you checked do not match, then it's probably a plain text file. As I said, csv data files and programming source files (including batch/scripts but excluding markup languages) are indistinguishable from actual texts.
– Kling Klang
Nov 7 at 15:33














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Check this answer. The main idea - all files have their type inside themselves. It means that you can read first bites and use this information to identify filetype and manually add extension or do whatever you want.






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  • Hi! Thank you very much for the information, I have advanced a lot in solving the problem using the magic bytes to identify the filetype.
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Check this answer. The main idea - all files have their type inside themselves. It means that you can read first bites and use this information to identify filetype and manually add extension or do whatever you want.






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  • Hi! Thank you very much for the information, I have advanced a lot in solving the problem using the magic bytes to identify the filetype.
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Check this answer. The main idea - all files have their type inside themselves. It means that you can read first bites and use this information to identify filetype and manually add extension or do whatever you want.






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  • Hi! Thank you very much for the information, I have advanced a lot in solving the problem using the magic bytes to identify the filetype.
    – DanSC
    Nov 7 at 14:24













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Check this answer. The main idea - all files have their type inside themselves. It means that you can read first bites and use this information to identify filetype and manually add extension or do whatever you want.






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