On 9. Jul, 2010, at 11:24 , Johny wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I was working with the FILE(STRINGS filename lineList) and i discovered that 
> i end up getting a list which has a lesser number of strings than the actual 
> lines in the file. However this happens with only some files, i went through 
> those but they seem to be regular files. When i count the no of new lines in 
> the files i get the correct no of lines for the file.
> 
> This has led me to believe that the FILE strings command is at fault somehow. 
> How does it work?
> 
> Cheers!
> Johny

Just an idea, but do these files contain mixed line endings (i.e. some lines 
end on \n, others on \r\n)?

Michael
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