Characters like that are usually unprintable because they are not ASCII, i.e., characters less than 128 in the C (POSIX) locale
isprint() and other functions that classify characters base their decisions on the locale.
localedef is used to set up what characters in a non-standard locale are printable.
To answer you question, it sounds like your code is running against a character codeset that is not compliant with your locale - and your old program was not working correctly when it said it could print a non-ascii character.
Hi,
I am newbie in unix and just started learning it. I want to know what is the difference between an executable file and a file (say text file). How to create executable file? What is the extension for that? How to differentiate ? How does it get executed?
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Hi All,
How can we execute a Unix file (shell script), which had given "Execute" permission using
chmod +x file1
If i want to execute that file.
prompt>./file1
Hello
How can i make the file permission or something else. such that i can execute it using
prompt>file1
Hello
Note :... (9 Replies)
hello Folks,
once we compile any C code on Linux, we run the code using "./a.out"..
but can we have an executable for every program so that we can run the code directly without compiling the code every time.
just run the executable and get the output!
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I have strange problem. I have compiled a source code and created an executable file. This file I can use it into my PC, but when I copy this executable to my laptop this one doesn't work and the system tell me:
bash: ./sbdart_unix: cannot execute binary file
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I've created a c program and compiled it with gcc, in unix.
The file name is abc.c and it is run by typing the command ./abc
I have another program which creates a child process, and I need this abc program to run on that child process. I've tried execvp(), but it doesn't work.
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The binary file is
ELF-64 executable object file - IA64.
How i know that the source is
Is there any comamnd in unix i can read these kind of files or use a thirty party software?
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When i m trying the boot the system with Primary HDD (c1t0d0s0) -- its solaris 10
I m getting an error "file just loaded does not appear to be executable".....So will anyone share the steps to recover from this stage
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Hi!
What are executable file formats in Solaris? Can someone please share it?
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dumpcs
dumpcs(1) User Commands dumpcs(1)NAME
dumpcs - show codeset table for the current locale
SYNOPSIS
dumpcs [-0123vw]
DESCRIPTION
dumpcs shows a list of printable characters for the user's current locale, along with their hexadecimal code values. The display device is
assumed to be capable of displaying characters for a given locale. With no option, dumpcs displays the entire list of printable characters
for the current locale.
With one or more numeric options specified, it shows EUC codeset(s) for the current locale according to the numbers specified, and in order
of codeset number. Each non-printable character is represented by an asterisk "*" and enough ASCII space character(s) to fill that code-
set's column width.
OPTIONS -0 Show ASCII (or EUC primary) codeset.
-1 Show EUC codeset 1, if used for the current locale.
-2 Show EUC codeset 2, if used for the current locale.
-3 Show EUC codeset 3, if used for the current locale.
-v "Verbose". Normally, ranges of non-printable characters are collapsed into a single line. This option produces one line for each
non-printable character.
-w Replace code values with corresponding wide character values (process codes).
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The environment variables LC_CTYPE and LANG control the character classification throughout dumpcs. On entry to dumpcs, these environment
variables are checked in that order. This implies that a new setting for LANG does not override the setting of LC_CTYPE. When none of the
values is valid, the character classification defaults to the POSIX.1 "C" locale.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|Availability SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
SEE ALSO localedef(1), attributes(5)NOTES
dumpcs can only handle EUC locales.
SunOS 5.11 20 Dec 1996 dumpcs(1)