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[ Source: libextractor  ]

Package: extract (0.5.21+dfsg-3) [debports]

displays meta-data from files of arbitrary type

Similar to the well-known "file" command, extract can display meta-data from a file and print the results to stdout.

Currently, libextractor supports the following formats: HTML, PDF, PS, OLE2 (DOC, XLS, PPT), OpenOffice (sxw), StarOffice (sdw), DVI, MAN, MP3 (ID3v1 and ID3v2), OGG, WAV, EXIV2, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, DEB, RPM, TAR(.GZ), ZIP, ELF, REAL, RIFF (AVI), MPEG, QT and ASF.

Also, various additional MIME types are detected. It can also be used to compute hash functions (SHA-1, MD5, ripemd160).

Tags: User Interface: Command Line, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Purpose: Scanning, Works with: Files

Other Packages Related to extract

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  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.5-5)
    Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
  • dep: libextractor-plugins (= 0.5.21+dfsg-3)
    extracts meta-data from files of arbitrary type (plugins)
  • dep: libextractor1c2a (>= 0.5.21)
    extracts meta-data from files of arbitrary type (library)

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m68k (unofficial port) 82.5 kB308 kB [list of files]