Command Line Invocation ======================= *filemagic* can be invoked from the command line by running the :mod:`magic.command` module as a script. Pass ``-h`` or ``--help`` to print usage information. :: $ python -m magic.command --help Usage: python -m magic [options] file ... Options: -h, --help show this help message and exit -m PATHS, --magic=PATHS A colon separated list of magic files to use --json Format output in JSON One or more files can be passed to be identified. The textual description, mimetype and encoding type will be printed beneath each file's name.:: $ python -m magic.command setup.py setup.py Python script, ASCII text executable text/x-python us-ascii The output can also be rendered in machine parseable `JSON `_ instead of the simple textual description of above.. :: $ python -m magic.command --json setup.py { "setup.py": { "textual": "Python script, ASCII text executable", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "encoding": "us-ascii" } } The :mod:`magic.command` module is not intended to be a replacement for the *file* command.