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Is the Magic function anything like running `file` on a Linux/Mac?

• gchq-7703 3y ago
  It uses a combination of magic bytes (like the `file` command), entropy analysis and character frequency detection to determine whether an output is likely to be of interest to the user. The file type mechanism is written here[0]. There's a list of all signatures we detect here[1]. The magic implementation is here[2]. [0] https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/blob/master/src/core/lib/FileType.mjs https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/blob/master/src/core/lib/F... [1] https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/blob/master/src/core/lib/FileSignatures.mjs https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/blob/master/src/core/lib/F... [2] https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/blob/master/src/core/lib/Magic.mjs https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/blob/master/src/core/lib/M...