diff --git a/bin/linguist b/bin/linguist
index ba31f7bd..7b7cb88e 100755
--- a/bin/linguist
+++ b/bin/linguist
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
-require 'linguist/blob'
+require 'linguist/file_blob'
 require 'linguist/repository'
 
 path = ARGV[0] || Dir.pwd
@@ -11,6 +11,36 @@ if File.directory?(path)
     percentage = ((size / repo.size.to_f) * 100).round
     puts "%-4s %s" % ["#{percentage}%", language]
   end
+elsif File.file?(path)
+  blob = Linguist::FileBlob.new(path, Dir.pwd)
+  type = if blob.text?
+    'Text'
+  elsif blob.image?
+    'Image'
+  elsif blob.binary?
+    'Binary'
+  else
+    '???'
+  end
+
+  puts "#{blob.name}: #{blob.loc} lines (#{blob.sloc} sloc)"
+  puts "  type:         #{type}"
+  puts "  extension:    #{blob.pathname.extname}"
+  puts "  mime type:    #{blob.mime_type}"
+  puts "  content type: #{blob.content_type}"
+  puts "  language:     #{blob.language}"
+
+  if blob.large?
+    puts "  large (blob is too large to be shown"
+  end
+
+  if blob.generated?
+    puts "  appears to be generated source code"
+  end
+
+  if blob.vendored?
+    puts "  appears to be a vendored file"
+  end
 else
   abort "usage: linguist <path>"
 end