From:	fabio AT billie DOT Colorado DOT EDU (Fabio Somenzi)
Subject:	ƒRe: using cat on binary files (CTRL-Z trauma)
28 Oct 1996 21:46:52 -0800 :
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In-Reply-To:	Mail from '"Henrik Geleff" <hgeleff@logos.cy.net>'
	dated: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 17:49:44 +0200
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->Anybody wanting to see the contents of a binary file can use od -c or if
->only the text is wanted strings.
->
->Regards
->Henrik Geleff

Neither approach is useful to do the following:
    cat part* > my.tar.gz
which is how I use cat most often.

Fabio
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