Looking at this closer, I've found the file contains hex '00' between characters. In vim, it displays ^@ for hex '00'. So it looks unreadable. But when I use cat or tail commands, it strips off hex '00' and looks readable. For example. in vim, it displays:
p...@r^@o...@d^@u...@c^@t^@: With cat and tail, the output displays Product: Thanks. Eric -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
