[Python] Determine file type (binary or text)

	Sami Viitanen
	Aug 13, 2003 at 8:29 am

Hello,

How can I check if a file is binary or text?

There was some easy way but I forgot it..

Thanks in adv.

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Bromden: 1 (btw, f.read() returns 'text/x-java; charset=us-ascii\n') -- bromden[at]gazeta.pl
Bromden: sorry, it's not general, since "file -i" returns "application/x-shellscript" for shell scripts, it's better to go like that: -- bromden[at]gazeta.pl
Sami Viitanen: Works well in Unix but I'm making a script that works on both Unix and Windows. Win doesn't have that 'file -bi' command. "bromden" wrote in message news:bhd559$ku9$1 at absinth.dialog.net.pl...

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