Determine MIME type

[spookie]

Hi,

How do i determine MIME type of .doc,.pdf,.xsl etc files on UNIX machine.
It should not determine from extension as some extensions are wrong. E.g. doc fle having .rtf extension etc.

I have tried file::type but its giving me 'octet stream' for all types.

Thanks

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[spookie]

The script will read dir and for each file it will determine its MIME type.
How to go abt this?
This is kinda urgent

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[1DMF]

http://packages.debian.org/unstable/perl/libmime-types-perl

http://search.cpan.org/~okamoto/MIME-Types-0.06/Types.pm

these might help

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[spookie]

Can UNIX file command can be used here?
I am trying it but i am not sure how to use it.
OS: Sun Solaris 5.9

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[KevinADC]

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