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Re: small "cat" bug
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: small "cat" bug |
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Tue, 27 Apr 2004 02:09:25 -0400 |
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Moshe Caspi <address@hidden> wrote:
> It looks like there is no <cr> after "cat" prints to
> screen so the path is never printed in a new line. Here is an example:
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> address@hidden root]# cat .xauth9yIjou
> $l192-117-98-135.tcable.actcom.net.il0MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1¤]óUï
> ìÌK÷Y'address@hidden root]#
cat prints the contents of the file. If the file contains no newline,
cat will print no newline. For viewing binary files, you'll be much
better off with less instead of cat.
paul