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brew install file-formula v5.48 BSD-2-Clause-Darwin keg-only

Utility to determine file types

637
30-day installs · #1592
1.4k
90-day · #1906
4.1k
365-day · #2119

Runtime dependencies

libmagic

Links

Keg-only reason

:provided_by_macos

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