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Determine whether a file is binary or text
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| #!/usr/bin/env python2 | |
| def fileIsBinary(path): | |
| text = bytearray([7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 27]) + bytearray(range(0x20, 0x100)) | |
| return bool(open(path, 'rb').read(1024).translate(None, text)) |
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