Looking at files this way and that | Linux Today

Looking at files this way and that

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Sandra Henry-Stocker
Feb 11, 2013

Unix systems as part of the base OS have a number of commands that can help you characterize files that strike you as suspicious. Even without a file integrity scanner, you can make some headway toward identifying the nature of files on your system.

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Sandra Henry-Stocker

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