Chris, Thanks for the suggestion, I had not read the manual page for file in 30 years. I like the new option to output mime types instead of standard strings.
Take care, Jonathan Cohn > On Jul 31, 2016, at 7:14 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hey, now that's really cool, about the terminal! > > Now you got me wanting to read the man page for "file". > > Sounds really useful. > --- > Christopher Gilland > JAWS Certified, 2016. > Training Instructor. > > clgillan...@gmail.com <mailto:clgillan...@gmail.com> > Phone: (704) 256-8010. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Jonathan Cohn <mailto:jon.c.c...@gmail.com> >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2016 6:48 PM >> Subject: Re: .KWT file Type? >> >> I have no direct knowledge of this file type either, but sometimes multiple >> vendors use the same file extension. If you are at all comfortable with the >> terminal do the following: >> >> 1. Copy the file in the finder. >> 2. open terminal. >> 3. type the word file and a space and then paste what you copied in the >> previous step. >> >> At this point one of two things will happen: >> 1. Your Macintosh might say you need the terminal programming tools or some >> close equivalent and ask you to download them. >> 2. it will just give you a summary of the file based on the first few lines. >> >> The file command is used on all unix type commands it looks at the file >> extension and the first few lines of the file and compares them with a >> "magic" file to guess what type of file it is. >> >> For example files that start with #!/usr/local/bin/perl are perl script >> files. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Jonathan Cohn >> >> >> >>> On Jul 31, 2016, at 4:15 PM, Eileen Scrivani <etscriv...@verizon.net >>> <mailto:etscriv...@verizon.net>> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks John. I just got a bit more information from my husband. Turns out >>> he created the file on his Victor Reader Stream so would this have caused >>> the problem in copying it to the Mac? Could it be that perhaps the format >>> is somehow not a true .txt format? Virc mentioned in the link you sent >>> isn’t anything he has on the Windows computer so we aren’t sure where this >>> came from. >>> >>> Eileen >>> >>> From: John Panarese <mailto:jpanar...@gmail.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2016 3:42 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Subject: Re: .KWT file Type? >>> >>> This is what I found about .KWT files. >>> >>> http://www.file-extensions.org/kwt-file-extension >>> <http://www.file-extensions.org/kwt-file-extension> >>> >>> >>> Take Care >>> >>> John D. Panarese >>> Director >>> Mac for the Blind >>> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >>> Email, j...@macfortheblind.com <mailto:j...@macfortheblind.com> >>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com <http://www.macfortheblind.com/> >>> >>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer >>> >>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >>> >>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Jul 31, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Eileen Scrivani <etscriv...@verizon.net >>>> <mailto:etscriv...@verizon.net>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Does any one know what a .KWT file type is on the Mac? 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