NAME

       fidentify - Determine file type using PhotoRec database

SYNOPSIS

       fidentify [--check] [directory|file]

       fidentify --version

DESCRIPTION

          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

SEE ALSO

       photorec(8),testdisk(8),file(1)

AUTHOR

       PhotoRec 7.1, Data Recovery Utility, July 2019
       Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
       https://www.cgsecurity.org