file

The file command is 'a file type guesser', that is, a command-line tool that tells you in words what kind of data a file contains.

https://www.darwinsys.com/file/

Available modules

The overview below shows which file installations are available per target architecture in the HPCC module system, ordered based on software version (new to old).

To start using file, load one of these modules using a module load command like:

module load file/5.43-GCCcore-12.3.0

(This data was automatically generated on Thu, 22 Jan 2026 at 12:03:27 EST)

	gateway	generic	zen2	zen3	zen4	skylake_avx512
	Gateway nodes	everywhere (except Grace nodes)	amd20	amd22	amd24	intel18,amd20-v100,amd21,intel21
file/5.43-GCCcore-12.3.0	-	x	-	-	-	-