public boolean bedType(File bedFile) {
    stranded = false;
    scored = false;
    named = false;
    bed12 = false;

    boolean bedLineFound = false;

    try {

      // read through first 10000 lines
      // chrom start stop name score strand ....
      //  0     1     2   3     4     5
      BufferedReader in = IO.fetchBufferedReader(bedFile);
      String[] tokens;
      String line;
      int counter = 0;
      while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
        if (counter++ > 10000) break;
        // bed line?
        if (bedLine.matcher(line).matches() == false) continue;
        bedLineFound = true;
        // split on tab
        tokens = tab.split(line);
        // bed12?
        if (tokens.length == 12) {
          bed12 = true;
          break;
        }
        if (tokens.length > 3) {
          // named?
          if (badName.matcher(tokens[3]).matches() == false) named = true;
          if (tokens.length > 4) {
            // scored?
            if (tokens[4].equals("0") == false) scored = true;
            if (tokens.length > 5) {
              // stranded?
              if (tokens[5].equals(".") == false) stranded = true;
            }
          }
        }
      }

      in.close();

    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.err.println("\nProblem parsing bed type.\n");
      e.printStackTrace();
      bedLineFound = false;
    }

    return bedLineFound;
  }