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Package: extract (0.5.23+dfsg-2 and others)

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 (>= 2.3) [amd64, hppa, i386, mips, mipsel]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.4) [armel, powerpc, s390]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.6) [sparc]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.3) [ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libextractor-plugins (= 0.5.23+dfsg-2) [not ia64]
    extracts meta-data from files of arbitrary type (plugins)
    dep: libextractor-plugins (= 0.5.23+dfsg-2+b1) [ia64]
  • dep: libextractor1c2a
    extracts meta-data from files of arbitrary type (library)

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Architecture Version Package Size Installed Size Files
amd64 0.5.23+dfsg-2 83.9 kB316 kB [list of files]
armel 0.5.23+dfsg-2 82.5 kB312 kB [list of files]
hppa 0.5.23+dfsg-2 81.8 kB312 kB [list of files]
i386 0.5.23+dfsg-2 84.5 kB312 kB [list of files]
ia64 0.5.23+dfsg-2+b1 86.2 kB324 kB [list of files]
mips 0.5.23+dfsg-2 83.0 kB316 kB [list of files]
mipsel 0.5.23+dfsg-2 83.0 kB316 kB [list of files]
powerpc 0.5.23+dfsg-2 85.8 kB320 kB [list of files]
s390 0.5.23+dfsg-2 83.4 kB312 kB [list of files]
sparc 0.5.23+dfsg-2 83.4 kB312 kB [list of files]