> > Have you tried running the "strings" command on the file from > a shell prompt? Strings extracts any ASCII strings it can > find within binaries. > > Will. > > From: "Stone, Timothy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I've inherited several Quark files on Mac-formatted CDs. > I'm able to open them on my RHL server and transfer them via > scp to a Cygwin-enabled Windoze for hex , or binary, > inspection, in TextPad (a kickass text editor for Windoze > BTW) and view the text contents, e.g. "Four score and seven > years ago..." Unfortuately, TextPad does not allow me to > "grap" or extract this text for cut-paste in a normal text > (*.txt) file. > > > > Is there a recommended hex editor in Linux that would allow > me to select the text and paste it to a regular text file for > editing? Maybe a Quark viewer? > >
Strings is definitely what you want - and should be on Cygwin as well as Linux. (unless of course you find a quark native format reader) As binary-capable editors go, vim (www.vim.org) kicks more donkeys than most. And you can get that in native Win32 as well as all flavours of unix. Cameron. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
