[File] ASCII text detected as data

[Aman Sharma]

Hi,


I have attached two files. Both of them have identical ASCII content but their line endings differ. `reb` has `\n\n` while `ref` has `\r\n\r\n` as line endings.


When I run file (file-5.41) over any of them, I get data as filetype for them.


> file reb ref
reb: data
ref: data

Shouldn't the actual type be ASCII?


Regards,
Aman Sharma

PhD Student
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
Department of Theoretical Computer Science (TCS)
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