Moshe Caspi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cat .xauth9yIjou > $l192-117-98-135.tcable.actcom.net.il0MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1�]�U���K�Y'[EMAIL > PROTECTED] 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 _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
