Subject: Re: using cat on binary files (CTRL-Z trauma)
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19 Oct 1996 12:21:58 -0700
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> 
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> When I try to cat a binary file, cat bails upon receiving
> the first CTRL-Z byte.  CTRL-Z is the DOS end-of-file character
> (right?) 

Wrong!
DOS doesn't use the Ctrl-Z character since (at least) DOS 3.X
i.e. several centuries ago in this rapîdly moving field! We are
now in DOS Windows NT style, quite a change since
C:>

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