Homework & Coursework Questions

Code:

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Code:

file 18476.sh

Regards

Dave

If file command says data then you have to accept the fact that it will not be simple ascii text file, just like wtmp or utmp...

I like very much the solution in post #2 , sice the file is "data" you will have to accept the funky characters...
Using strings will quite surely change the number of lines...

Reference post #8. This is clearly not a Shell script (despite the name of the file). It is some sort of binary file apparently containing executable code.

We don't know what sort of computer course you are doing or what sort of computer you have. I wonder if the tutor is expecting you to disassemble the program first. Bit of a surprise that the "file" command described it as "data" when it appears to be a program, and that "strings" found no program library information.
Have you been working with debugging tools?
Have you covered encryption? (Just wondering if it is encrypted somehow).

If you are on a basic Shell course, it could be that you have been given the wrong file!