Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:38:22 +0200 From: Frank Bonnet <f.bonnet@esiee.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tools to find "unlegal" files ( videos , music etc ) Message-ID: <4E23F0FE.3070305@esiee.fr> In-Reply-To: <20110718101029.531397d9.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4E23E6DD.6050901@esiee.fr> <20110718101029.531397d9.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 07/18/2011 10:10 AM, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:55:09 +0200, Frank Bonnet wrote: >> Hello >> >> Anyone knows an utility that I could pipe to the "find" command >> in order to detect video, music, games ... etc files ? >> >> I need a tool that could "inspect" inside files because many users >> rename those filename to "inoffensive" ones :-) > One way could be to define a list of file extensions that > commonly matches the content you want to track. Of course, > the file name does not directly correspond to the content, > but it often gives a good hint to search for *.wmv, *.flv, > *.avi, *.mp(e)g, *.mp3, *.wma, *.exe - and of course all > the variations of the extensions with uppercase letters. > Also consider *.rar and maybe *.zip for compressed content. > > If file extensions have been manipulated (rare case), the > "file" command can still identify the correct file type. > > > > yes thanks , gonna try with the file command -
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