I think Ubuntu checks the "indication" part via MIME types. So if
someone made a .doc file, but set the mime type to perl, Ubuntu would
think that.

What happens if you cut out all text from the document (make a copy
first of course!) and then try to open it - do you achieve the same
effect?

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Ubuntu mistakes word doc for perl script
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/199908
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