> -----Original Message----- > From: brett holcomb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:23 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [re] odd problem > > > What about doing a hex dump of the file. Maybe there are > some noprintable characters in the file that cat won't > show. > > On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 13:31:01 -0500 > "Mike Bellemare" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >$ cat /etc/hostname > > > >wolverine > > > >thanks for answering > > > >M.B > >
Add -e to your cat command - that will show you the unprintable and end of line chars -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
