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Authored by: MICHIELB
- Bernhard RosenkrÃ¤nzer
- brian m. carlson
- Christian Ludwig
- David Steinbrunner
- gregor herrmann
- Jaap Karssenberg
- Jitka Plesnikova
- Jonathan Dowland
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- Nitish Bezzala
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Changes for version 0.36 - 2026-01-11

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Documentation

File::MimeInfo::Cookbook

various code snippets

Open files by mimetype

Determine file type

Modules

Determine file type from the file name

File::MimeInfo::Applications

Find programs to open a file by mimetype

File::MimeInfo::Magic

Determine file type with magic

File::MimeInfo::Rox

Open files by mimetype "Rox style"

Other files

To install File::MimeInfo, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.

cpanm File::MimeInfo

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install File::MimeInfo

For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.

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