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Wow, this is pretty cool. Kevin, do you have examples of the output? Does it work for bulk files? I mean, I could just try this on my Ubuntu machine, but it's all the way downstairs... -Ross. On May 23, 2012, at 3:14 PM, Ford, Kevin 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 write because the inclusion of a "file" MARC21 specification rule in the magic.db stems from a Code4lib exchange that started in March 2011 [1] (it ends in April if you want to go crawling for the entire thread). > > Rgds, > > Kevin > > [1] https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1103&L=CODE4LIB&T=0&F=&S=&P=112728 > > -- > Kevin Ford > Network Development and MARC Standards Office > Library of Congress > Washington, DC