I have a compressed file but I don't know what it's compressed with. The extension doesn't give any clue. How can I find out what it is?
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I have a compressed file but I don't know what it's compressed with. The extension doesn't give any clue. How can I find out what it is?
Best Answer
As an alternative to inspecting the file header by hand, you could use some utility like TrID. The link points to the cross-platform command line version; for Windows there's a GUI, too.