SHB
application/octet-stream
Magic Bytes
Offset: 0
52 49 46 46 73 68 62 35
The SHB file format is a Shortcut into a Document created and maintained by Microsoft Corporation for use within its Windows operating systems. It was primarily used to create links directly to specific locations within documents, such as a particular paragraph in a word processor or a cell range in a spreadsheet. This legacy format is now largely obsolete, as modern productivity suites utilize more robust internal linking mechanisms and enhanced security protocols to manage complex document references.
Validation Code
How to validate .shb files in Python
Python
def is_shb(file_path: str) -> bool:
"""Check if file is a valid SHB by magic bytes."""
signature = bytes([0x52, 0x49, 0x46, 0x46, 0x73, 0x68, 0x62, 0x35])
with open(file_path, "rb") as f:
return f.read(8) == signatureHow to validate .shb files in Node.js
Node.js
function isSHB(buffer: Buffer): boolean {
const signature = Buffer.from([0x52, 0x49, 0x46, 0x46, 0x73, 0x68, 0x62, 0x35]);
return buffer.subarray(0, 8).equals(signature);
}
Go
func IsSHB(data []byte) bool {
signature := []byte{0x52, 0x49, 0x46, 0x46, 0x73, 0x68, 0x62, 0x35}
if len(data) < 8 {
return false
}
return bytes.Equal(data[:8], signature)
}API Endpoint
GET
/api/v1/shb
curl https://filesignature.org/api/v1/shb