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Determining File Type: Identifying POSIX Tar Archives

When running the 'file' command on a file, the output indicates that the file is a POSIX tar archive (GNU). This article explains how to identify and confirm the file type using hex dump and Wikipedia resources.

Unable to Extract Data from .ve file (myfile.tgz) using file command in Linux

This article explains how to correctly extract data from a .ve file using the file command in Linux. The issue of being unable to extract data from the file myfile.tgz is addressed, providing a possible solution.