Thanks for all the replies.
% strings FILE > text.txt
works in a pinch.
Warmest Regards,
Tim
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/**
* Timothy Stone . Sun Certified Java Programmer
* Web Master . tstone at cityofhbg dot com
* City of Harrisburg . 717.255.7297
* Pennsylvania USA . 717.903.9162
*
* "Censor
>
> 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 t
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> I've inherited several Quark files on Mac-formatted CDs. I'm able to open them on
>my RHL server and
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> 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
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
