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RE: Bogus assumption prevents d2u/u2d/conv/etal working on mixed files
- From: "Dave Korn" <dk at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 16:20:21 +0100
- Subject: RE: Bogus assumption prevents d2u/u2d/conv/etal working on mixed files
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of fergus
> Sent: 06 April 2004 14:10
> >> GNU grep detects binary files by looking for a '\0' byte.
>
> I know this is not strictly Cygwin-specific but it _is_
> generated by the
> preceding relevant recent comment in a busy thread:
>
> Please can you tell me how to grep for an ASCII 00
grep .* filename | grep "Binary file .* matches"
will kinda do that!
>(and for
> that matter
> anything from ASCII 1B to 1F, and 7F to FF)?
Trickier.
cheers,
DaveK
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