Mike's Incorrect Extension Detector

A simple program to detect which files have file extensions that probably don't match their contents.

By Mike Peralta

Requirements

• Python3
• pipenv

Installation

Before running inside pipenv, you probably want to ask pipenv to install your dependencies. Navigate to the project directory and execute:

pipenv install

Usage

Some instructions and examples for how to use this program.

Invoking via PipEnv Shell

Invoke a pipenv shell by cd'ing to the project directory and executing:

pipenv shell

From there you can run the program normally like:

python main.py --help

Invoking via PipEnv Run

CD to the project directory and run:

pipenv run python main.py --help

Command Line Arguments

The best way to see all available arguments is to run the program with the --help argument.

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to Professor Heckathorn for suggesting this idea as fun project for his Cyber Forensics class.

Todo List

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_signatures