On 31/05/2019 11:03, Sunil Tech wrote:
> Hi Tutor,
>
> Is there any way that I can actually programmatically compare the file
> extension with its content?
For images the standard library offers imghdr I'm not sure how
reliable or accurate it is but it claims to identify a dozen
or so of the mos
On 31May2019 12:38, ingo wrote:
Many file formats have "magic bytes" that you can use for that purpose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_signatures
Also, UNIX systems ship with a command called "file" which inspects a
file's leading data for such magic numbers to identify their cont
Many file formats have "magic bytes" that you can use for that purpose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_signatures
Ingo
On 31-5-2019 12:03, Sunil Tech wrote:
> Hi Tutor,
>
> Is there any way that I can actually programmatically compare the file
> extension with its content?
>
> This
