fidentify(8)

fidentify8

Determine file type using photorec database

Usage

fidentify [--check] [{directory | file}]

fidentify --version

Overview

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

Releases

8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9–10
  4. 11–12
  5. 13–Arch

--check since Debian 9 (Stretch).

Author

PhotoRec 7.2, Data Recovery Utility, February 2024
Christophe GRENIER <[email protected]>
https://www.cgsecurity.org

From testdisk 7.2-5 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.