How can I obtain file meta information in Perl?

Question

I'm looking for a module or some way to obtain the information of the content of a file.

The same that the linux "file" command does, but in Perl language.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Have a look at the File::Magic module on the CPAN.

Answer 2

Take a look at File::Magic

http://search.cpan.org/~rehsack/File-Magic-0.01/

Answer 3

I finally opted to do something like

$res = `file a.txt`;