Bug 221202

Summary: unexpected results from the "file" command
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Reporter: Peter Anderson <peter_anderson>
Component: fileutilsAssignee: Tim Waugh <twaugh>
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text file that generates spurious output from "file" command none

Description Peter Anderson 2007-01-02 22:32:11 UTC 
Description of problem:
Executing the "file" command against purely ASCII text files returns a variety 
of spurious results.  Some files return:

file1: sticky Bio-Rad .PIC Image File 12330 x 11830, 16707 images in file
or
send.to.lqm: Bio-Rad .PIC Image File 12320 x 11830, 16707 images in file
or
file3: 
svm.ics: PC icon data

The "send.to.lqm" file (attached) is only 59 characters long but the "file" 
command thinks that it is an image file 12320 x 11830 with 16707 images!?!

Files are ASCII text with carriage-return/line-feed delimeters and some contain 
a Top-of-form character (012).


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Advanced Server 4 (Nahant Update 4)
Kernel 2.6.9-42.0.3.ELsmp on an i686

The file command, when executed as "file -v" returns
file-4.10
magic file from /usr/share/file/magic


How reproducible:
execute "file" against the attached file


Steps to Reproduce:
1. execute "file" against the attached file
2.
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Actual results:
send.to.lqm: Bio-Rad .PIC Image File 12320 x 11830, 16707 images in file


Expected results:
send.to.lqm: ASCII text

Additional info:
Comment 1 Peter Anderson 2007-01-02 22:32:11 UTC 
Created attachment 144671 [details]
text file that generates spurious output from "file" command
Comment 2 Tim Waugh 2007-01-03 12:02:45 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 221201 ***