The `file` command detects .docx files as a zip archive.

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • The file command erroneously reports a Microsoft Office Open XML (OOXML -- whose file name extension is often .docx) file as:
    • "Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract", instead of
    • "Microsoft OOXML".

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL 7)

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