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BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL
FileFormat
FileFormat["name"]
attempts to determine what Import format could be used to import the file corresponding to 
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Details
- FileFormat returns a format name of the type used by Import.
- FileFormat uses heuristic methods, and may not give correct results, particularly for shorter files.
- FileFormat does not verify that Import would succeed if applied to
. - FileFormat gets clues from both names of files and properties of files recorded in the filesystem, but bases the final result it returns only on the actual contents of files.
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