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#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use File::MimeInfo qw(mimetype globs);

exit 1 unless @ARGV == 2;

my $filename = $ARGV[0];
my $file = $ARGV[1];
my $type = "";
my $file_type = "";

exit 1 unless -f $file;

$type = globs($filename);

# globbing takes priority over all other
if (!$type) {
	$type = mimetype($file);
	if ($type eq "application/octet-stream") {
		# application/octet-stream normally means the detection failed
		# use the output of file in this case
		$file_type = `file -b --mime-type $file`;
		chomp $file_type;
		$type = $file_type;
		if ($type eq "text/plain") {
			# detect ascii with color codes
			$file_type = `file -b $file`;
			chomp $file_type;
			if ($file_type eq "ASCII text, with escape sequences") {
				$type = "text/plain-ascii";
			}
		}
	}
}

print "$type\n";