Jon Forsberg wrote... > file -b --mime-type NONEXISTING_FILE > mimetype.txt && echo "success" > > will print "success" even though NONEXISTING_FILE does not exist, and > the string "cannot open `NONEXISTING_FILE' (No such file or directory)" > will be written to mimetype.txt, and nothing will be printed to > stderr.
It's a feature, see upstream discussion at http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001317.html and the links provided there. Use file's -E option. Christoph
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