On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Ford, Kevin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I finally had occasion today (read: remembered) to see if the *nix "file" > command would recognize a MARC record file. I haven't tested extensively, > but it did identify the file as MARC21 Bibliographic record. It also > correctly identified a MARC21 Authority Record. I'm running the most > recent version of Ubuntu (12.04 - precise pangolin). > I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry that it's a sign of progress that a 40 year old utility designed to identify file types is now just beginning to be able to recognize a format that's been around for almost 50 years... kyle -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Kyle Banerjee Digital Services Program Manager Orbis Cascade Alliance <[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] / 503.999.9787