Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >This used to work until recently when I found that the .bash_history had >been transformed into a data file, instead of the ASCII text that I was >used to.
How exactly did you find that out? If it's merely because grep says something like "binary file .bash_history matches", chances are that its rather stupid binary file detection screwed up again. So, what does looking at it with a pager show? And what does file(1) report? -- Stephen RĂ¼ger [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]