TrId2Console is a console utility designed to detect file types based on their content. It provides an efficient and accurate way to identify unknown or corrupted files without relying on file extensions.
Key Features:
Extensive File Type Database: Supports over 21,500 different file types for comprehensive identification.
Fast Performance: Quickly analyzes files up to 10MB in size with minimal processing time.
Cross-Platform Compatibility: Available for Windows, Linux, and macOS, making it versatile for various operating systems.
Portable Executables: The tool includes a compiled database within its executables, ensuring portability without additional setup.
Target Audience and Benefits:
Ideal for developers, IT professionals, and security analysts who need reliable file type detection. TrId2Console helps in efficiently identifying unknown or corrupted files, reducing the risk of errors in data processing and analysis. It is particularly beneficial for automated deployment using the winget command line, making it easy to integrate into existing workflows.
README
TrId2-file-type-identifier
C++ library and Console utility to detect a file type based on its content.
This tool is similar to TrID and UNIX File.
Features
Database of ~21500 file types
Very fast
Supports Windows, Linux, macOS
The C++ library is header only and has no dependencies
How it works
The tool reads up to 10MB of the file, goes through its database, and finds the most likely file-type candidates.