[ILUG] bash script Q

[Waider]

According to Justin MacCarthy:
> Hi,
> 	anyone point me to the best bash script option for checking the first 2
> characters of all the files in a directory?
> 
> logic of the script is
> 
> for each file in directory
> 	test if the first 2 chars are "%!"
> 		print Filename	valid
> 	if not
> 		print Filename	not valid
> 
> 
> Does magic do something like this ?
> 
> 
> Thanks Justin

Well, I guess file * would tell you they're postscript if they start with "%!"

Or you could use a perl one-liner.

Waider.
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