Getting filetype of netcat output?

Question

How can I use the file command on an output from netcat?

For example:

nc 192.168.1.1 1234 dGhpcyBpcyBhIHNhbXBsZSBzdHJpbmc= 

dGhpcyBpcyBhIHNhbXBsZSBzdHJpbmc= being the output, (sample base64 for the purpose of the example).

How can this be done?

Answer 1

Pipe the result through file -. Like most programs, - can be used to refer to stdin.

But do note that base64 is just "ascii text".