Public bug reported:
It was traditional in MS-DOS to end text files in a control-Z (ASCII codepoint
26 or 1A-hex)
However this last character throws off file and it says "data"
Removing it says ASCII text with CRLF line terminators
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.04
Package: file 1:5.45-3build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.14.0-29.29-generic 6.14.8
Uname: Linux 6.14.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.32.0-0ubuntu5.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Sep 9 13:41:18 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-12-22 (1356 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Release amd64 (20211012)
SourcePackage: file
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: file (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug plucky wayland-session
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file doesnt recognize MSDOS text files
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