On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, 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. > > > >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" comes in very handy for this. Recognises pretty many file > >formats. Try it. > > > >Sven > >-- > > I am the "ILOVEGNU" signature virus. Just copy me to your signature. > >This email was infected under the terms of the GNU General Public License. > 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 upon a binary file. Doesn't "LESS" simply replaces 8 bit chars with a dot. I'm not sure but lynx might be able to be setup for 7 bits the 128 column being knocked off, displaying the 7 bit char left, I seem to remember this but I am not really sure. To tell the truth I don't use the console, didn't know the display was destroyed when viewing binary files - really ? - no way around this? > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
