Description of problem: "file" utility identifies incorrectly a text file Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): file-4.17 How reproducible: Everytime for version file-4.17 Steps to Reproduce: file-4.17 can't identify ASCII-text file starting with 'BZ' letters. It is identified as bzip compressed data 1. Create a "test" file with some text and keep the starting letters as "BZ" like "BZaljdnlnladlkvnlkanfdlkvnadf" 2. Save and run file command on it # file test Actual results: bz: bzip compressed data, version: Expected results: bz: ASCII text Additional info: Tested on the version file-5.04 available with RHEL-6 and it works fine