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Add documentation that containers are automatically selected
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For a deeper understanding on how containers work, see :doc:`containers <advanced/containers>`.
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Dissect has two methods to find the appropriate container automatically.
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The first one is based on the file extension, while the other is based on a magic value inside the file.
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As an example, the qcow2 container gets selected if the file extension is `.qcow2` or if the first bytes of the file are b"QFI\xfb".
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The table below lists the supported container formats.
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.. list-table:: Supported Containers

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