[File] Java source file incorrectly identified as HTML document

[Aman Sharma]

Hi,


I have two files, Reference.txt<https://github.com/user-attachments/files/19689452/Reference.txt> and Rebuild.txt<https://github.com/user-attachments/files/19689451/Rebuild.txt>. Their file type is:


$ file Reference.txt Rebuild.txt

Reference.txt: HTML document, ASCII text, with very long lines (6135)
Rebuild.txt:   Java source, ASCII text, with very long lines (6135)


Both are Java source files. However, Reference.txt is incorrectly identified as an HTML document. As suggested by Chris here<https://lists.reproducible-builds.org/pipermail/diffoscope/2025-April/002838.html>, if line 30 in Reference.txt is removed,`"  <title>(.*?)<\\/title>"`, file command correctly classifies it as Java source.


Regards,
Aman Sharma

PhD Student
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