linux check file type code example

Example 1: find file type linux script

#! /bin/sh
if [ -f "$1" ] && [ "`file -b --mime-type \"$1\"`" = "image/jpeg" ]; then
    echo "Good type for the file (JPEG)"
fi

Example 2: how to get file type in linux

file <filename>

Example 3: linux find filetype

find . -iname "*.err"