File \File\, v. i. [Cf. F. filer.] (Mil.)
To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one
after another; -- generally with off.
{To file with}, to follow closely, as one soldier after
another in file; to keep pace.
My endeavors Have ever come too short of my desires,
Yet filed with my abilities. --Shak.