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Old 10-06-2006
Question Display special characters
I have a file that evidently has some special characters in it. Is there a Unix command that I can use tp display the file so I can see the octal or hex values?
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Old 10-06-2006
yes, 'man od'
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Old 10-06-2006
Perfect
Thanks. That's just what I needed.
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