How can I find out a file's MIME type (Content-Type)?

Question

Is there a way to find out the MIME type (or is it called \"Content-Type\"?) of a file in a Linux bash script?

The reason I need it is because ImageShack appears to

Answer 1

Try the file command with -i option.

-i option Causes the file command to output mime type strings rather than the more traditional human readable ones. Thus it may say text/plain; charset=us-ascii rather than ASCII text.