Re: displaying binary files

2000-08-07 Thread cmosley
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Re: displaying binary files

2000-08-07 Thread cmosley
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, Christopher Mosley wrote: test from newsgroup linux.debian.user U.K. NNTPSERVER 1

Re: displaying binary files

2000-08-06 Thread Christopher Mosley
On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, Christopher Mosley wrote: > > Don't know when and where this thread began. So this might be irrelevant. > I suppose you could write a wrapper for viewing, but "MOST" automatically > uses the two column format used in binary editors with dots for 8 bit chars > when it comes

Re: displaying binary files

2000-08-05 Thread Joseph de los Santos
File would work..if only users would try to "file" something first before trying to display it with that accursed CAT command... -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

Re: displaying binary files

2000-08-05 Thread Christopher Mosley
>From: Sven Burgener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: john smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org > >Subject: Re: displaying binary files > >Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 01:09:12 +0200 > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > > >"file&quo

Re: displaying binary files

2000-08-05 Thread Sven Burgener
Hi John On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 08:56:41PM +, john smith wrote: > Thanks Sven. But I was hoping for a script that would ask some sort of a > question like "this file is in binary form..would you like to see it anyway? > y/n" something in that regard...and it should be global too. In that

Re: displaying binary files

2000-08-05 Thread Steve Waterman
How about 'file finlename'? - Original Message - From: "john smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 3:56 PM Subject: Re: displaying binary files > Thanks Sven. But I was hop

Re: displaying binary files

2000-08-05 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 08:56:41PM +, john smith wrote: > Thanks Sven. But I was hoping for a script that would ask some sort of > a question like "this file is in binary form..would you like to see it > anyway? y/n" something in that regard...and it should be global too. You might be interes

Re: displaying binary files

2000-08-05 Thread john smith
MAIL PROTECTED]> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: displaying binary files Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 01:09:12 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 "file" comes in very handy for this. Recognises pretty many file formats. Try it. Sven -- I am the "ILOVEGNU" signature virus. Just

Re: displaying binary files

2000-08-04 Thread kmself
On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 01:09:12AM +0200, Sven Burgener wrote: > On Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 10:46:31PM +, john smith wrote: > > Greetings, > > Hello > > > 1. if the console is "trashed" already with displaying binary..is there a > > way to make it recover w/o rebooting? logging out of the conso

Re: displaying binary files

2000-08-04 Thread Sven Burgener
On Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 10:46:31PM +, john smith wrote: > Greetings, Hello > 1. if the console is "trashed" already with displaying binary..is there a > way to make it recover w/o rebooting? logging out of the console doesn't > seem to work. "reset", as has been suggested to me in an older

Re: displaying binary files

2000-08-04 Thread Alberto Brealey
On Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 10:46:31PM +, john smith wrote: > 1. if the console is "trashed" already with displaying binary..is there a > way to make it recover w/o rebooting? logging out of the console doesn't > seem to work. try typing 'reset' + Enter on the fsckd console. (there was a thread