From: jcook AT mseng DOT kla DOT com (John Cook)
Subject: using cat on binary files (CTRL-Z trauma)
18 Oct 1996 16:37:24 -0700
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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?) so this makes sense within the cmd shell, but the same
thing occurs within bash.  Is there a way to prevent this
behavior when using cat?

Thanks,

John Cook
jcook AT kla DOT com
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