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10-06-2006

BCarlson

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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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10-06-2006

vgersh99

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yes, 'man od'

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Perfect

Thanks. That's just what I needed.

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