Code to recognize MS-Word document files?

[WP]

WP wrote:
> 
> Extremely Bogus Hack: (probably no help, sorry!)
> 
>     f=open(wordfilename,'rb')
>     str1=f.read(10) # arbitrary # of bytes
>     for i in str1:
>         hex = hex + ( '%02x ' % Ord(i) )
>     if hex='d0 cf 11 e0 a1 b1 1a e1 00 00 ':
>         print 'match'
I meant if hex==
This is what always happens when one types something pedantic and doesn't try
running it first.
Probably this code still doesn't run. (That's how bogus it is.)

Warren


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