How to change mime type returned by "file --mime" command?

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Issue

  • For an xml file, RHEL 7 file --mime command returns application/xml, but RHEL 8 and 9 file --mime command returns text/xml. How to change this behavior as RHEL 7?

    $ file --mime test1.xml
    test1.xml: text/xml; charset=utf-8
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • file

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