Tools to find "unlegal" files ( videos , music etc )

[Polytropon]

On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:38:22 +0200, Frank Bonnet wrote:
> On 07/18/2011 10:10 AM, Polytropon wrote:
> > On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:55:09 +0200, Frank Bonnet wrote:
> >> Hello
> >>
> >> Anyone knows an utility that I could pipe to the "find" command
> >> in order to detect video, music, games ... etc  files ?
> >>
> >> I need a tool that could "inspect" inside files because many users
> >> rename those filename to "inoffensive" ones :-)
> > One way could be to define a list of file extensions that
> > commonly matches the content you want to track. Of course,
> > the file name does not directly correspond to the content,
> > but it often gives a good hint to search for *.wmv, *.flv,
> > *.avi, *.mp(e)g, *.mp3, *.wma, *.exe - and of course all
> > the variations of the extensions with uppercase letters.
> > Also consider *.rar and maybe *.zip for compressed content.
> >
> > If file extensions have been manipulated (rare case), the
> > "file" command can still identify the correct file type.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> yes thanks , gonna try with the file command

You could make a simple script that lists "file" output for
all files (just to be sure because of possible suffix renaming)
for further inspection. Sometimes, you can also run "strings"
for a given file - maybe that can be used to identify typical
suspicious string patters for a "strings + grep" combination
so less manual identification has to be done.


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