Python version of perl's "if (-T ..)" and "if (-B ...)"?

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.2434.1265983307.28905.python-list at python.org>,
Lloyd Zusman  <ljz at asfast.com> wrote:
>
>Perl has the following constructs to check whether a file is considered
>to contain "text" or "binary" data:
>
>if (-T $filename) { print "file contains 'text' characters\n"; }
>if (-B $filename) { print "file contains 'binary' characters\n"; }

Assuming you're on a Unix-like system or can install Cygwin, the
standard response is to use the "file" command.  It's *much* more
sophisticated.
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