On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:53:30 +0100 Mogens Kjaer wrote: > > The file command will verify that for you. > > Are you sure? Well, I guess not then. I assumed that "file" would treat a .py file as a text file. I don't do any programming with Python and haven't looked at it closely. "file" tells me that a file that's created with Borland Turbo C (DOS) is "data", but a file of C source code that's created with Linux gedit is "ASCII C program text". A text file that's created with the DOS "edit" command is "ASCII English text, with CRLF line terminators", and a text file that's created with Linux gedit is "ASCII text". So file can tell the difference in pretty much every case except for a Python file. Which may be an oversight in the magic definitions. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com