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sdgluck on Nov 18, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: I am building a new Python library to rea...

In the README for that repository it mentions "schizophrenic files". What is a schizophrenic file, out of interest?

quirino on Nov 18, 2022 [–]

Not OP. It seems they're files which display different contents depending on the program you open them in.

Here's a CCC talk on it: https://media.ccc.de/v/MRMCD2014_-_6008_-_en_-_grossbaustell...

And the slies from the talk: https://www.slideshare.net/ange4771/schizophrenic-files-v2

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