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Stage 3: Other File Types

The third stage of the classifier uses techniques like looking at first lines of a file or looking for distinctive or characteristic headers to determine a specific file type. For instance, in identifying a mail file one would look for ``Received:'' and ``From:'' headers, while in LISP code one would look for ``lots of irritatingly silly parentheses.''



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