How to analyze binary file?

Question

I have a binary file. I don\'t know how it\'s formatted, I only know it comes from a delphi code.

Does it exist any way to analyze a binary file?

Does it exist

Answer 1

The unix "file" command is really useful - I don't know if there is anything like it in windows. You run it like this:

file myfile.ext

And it spits out a text description based on the magic numbers and data contained therein.

Probably it is contained within cygwin.