HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 112)

Note that the file command has identified file1, file2, and file3 as ASCII text files and
project
and reports as directories.
NOTE: For ASCII text files, the file command returns either ascii text or English text.
For more information on the file command, see the file(1) reference page either online or
in the Open System Services Shell and Utilities Reference Manual.
112 Managing Files