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When I initially developed this tool it was because I wanted something faster then file(1). Now it's a library with Tcl binding and soon Python. I guess advert
by bindh3x 8y ago
When I initially developed this tool it was because I wanted something faster then file(1). Now it's a library with Tcl binding and soon Python.
I guess advertising it as a faster tool was a mistake,
but the concept of nicko (groups, short output) is good
for scripting. it's fast and simple and the library is portable across unices.
Anyway thanks for the feedback!.
If you want to quickly measure (file-nicko):
$ time file -e elf /usr/bin/*
$ time nicko /usr/bin/*
On my system:
file(1):
real 0m1.254s
user 0m1.049s
sys 0m0.184s
nicko(1):
real 0m0.028s
user 0m0.010s
sys 0m0.014s.