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From: "Dave Korn" <dk AT artimi DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Bogus assumption prevents d2u/u2d/conv/etal working on mixed files
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 16:20:21 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of fergus
> Sent: 06 April 2004 14:10

> >> GNU grep detects binary files by looking for a '\0' byte. 
> 
> I know this is not strictly Cygwin-specific but it _is_ 
> generated by the
> preceding relevant recent comment in a busy thread:
> 
> Please can you tell me how to grep for an ASCII 00 

grep .* filename | grep "Binary file .* matches"

will kinda do that!

>(and for 
> that matter
> anything from ASCII 1B to 1F, and 7F to FF)?

Trickier.

    cheers, 
      DaveK
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