[Qt-interest] How to check between "Text" and "Non-Text" File

[Jeroen De Wachter]

Hey yogesh,

I don't know if you ever worked with the file command? Its sole purpose 
is to classify files.
Maybe you can get some ideas from the source code.

Best regards,

Jeroen

yogesh upreti wrote:
> Hallo Group,
> Can someone have any idea how to check between "Text" and "Non-Text" File?
> I am making an application, which gives a preview of files depending 
> on type, i.e. if the file is a image, is shows a preview, if file is 
> Text it should show top 10 lines in a text edit.
>  
> I am able to recognise image file with extension, because normally in 
> all the system it is like that, but I am not able to recognise Text 
> files (as they can have any extension and some times no extension). I 
> have to differentiate them with Binary data files (because when I 
> start reading them my programme gets hang, or shows Garbage in text edit)
>  
> Can someone tell me how to recognise that?  
>  
> Thanks
> Yogesh Upreti
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