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This file was processed as: SHell self-extracting ARchive
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| Confidence | Program | Detection | Match Type | Support
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| 100%
| dexvert
| SHell self-extracting ARchive (archive/shar)
| magic
| Supported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Text File (text/txt)
| fallback
| Supported |
| 100%
| file
| ASCII text
| default
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| 100%
| checkBytes
| Printable ASCII
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| 100%
| perlTextCheck
| Likely Text (Perl)
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| 100%
| siegfried
| fmt/329 Shell Archive Format
| default
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| 100%
| detectItEasy
| Format: plain text[LF]
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