View magic bytes
head -c 20 /path/to/file | xxd
Adding Magic Bytes to File
Append magic bytes of safe file (e.g. png) to blank unsafe file:
head -c 8 /path/to/safe/file > unsafe\_file
Or concatenate file and stored magic bytes:
cat /path/to/magic/bytes /path/to/file > new_file
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