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Using FileMAgic with Ruby to detect mime type
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detect_mime_type_filemagic.rb
#prerequisites
#sudo apt-get install libmagic-dev
#https://github.com/blackwinter/ruby-filemagic
require 'filemagic'
puts FileMagic.new(FileMagic::MAGIC_MIME).file(__FILE__)
# => text/x-ruby; charset=us-ascii
#OR
fm = FileMagic.new
=> #<FileMagic:0x7fd4afb0>
fm.file('foo.zip')
=> "Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract"
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