[SATLUG] checking for data file type and deleting (metadata search?)

[Jonathan Hull]

'file'?

> file somefile.exe


On 6/1/07, twistedpickles <twistedpickles at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I run this regexp to remove windows executable files from a linux
> directory server:
>
> find dir -name *.exe -ok rm '{}' \;
>
> I would like to learn how to scan for the file types. For example if a
> user changes the extension from exe to doc is there a way to figure
> out if it is an executable and then delete.
>
>
>
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