From fd756271f697a97d455c754e04c6bd37bab78243 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ygerlach <100762533+ygerlach@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:48:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] apply patch proposed in #570 by @michaelkory previously the
 -1 returned by `read_byte` on EOF was casted to char an the `!= -1` check was
 never false. Fixes: #570

---
 src/Utility/TeeJee.FileSystem.vala | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Utility/TeeJee.FileSystem.vala b/src/Utility/TeeJee.FileSystem.vala
index ce524ab4..c7636b2d 100644
--- a/src/Utility/TeeJee.FileSystem.vala
+++ b/src/Utility/TeeJee.FileSystem.vala
@@ -93,12 +93,12 @@ namespace TeeJee.FileSystem{
 
 		try {
 			long line_nums = 0;
-			char symbol;
+			int symbol;
 
 			File file = File.new_for_path(file_path);
 			FileInputStream inStream = file.read();
 			BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream.sized(inStream,  (size_t) (1 * MiB));
-			while((symbol = (char) bis.read_byte()) != -1) {
+			while((symbol = bis.read_byte()) != -1) {
 				if(symbol == '\n') {
 					line_nums ++;
 				}