Public bug reported: I'm not sure that this is actually a bug. Maybe this is normal behavior?..
Steps to reproduce: 1) create some empty file padded with 'LF's or 'CRLF's only, about 8kb or more in size 2) $ file test-file-LF On my machine (AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+) with 32kb test file it tooks about 45 seconds: $ time file test-file-LF test: ASCII text real 0m45.917s user 0m41.903s sys 0m0.420s ** Affects: file (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/953971 Title: Long run time and high cpu usage when trying to determine type of file padded with 'LF'-s To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file/+bug/953971/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs