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Old 01-29-2011
1. ls -l hr_ts_127aws.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1901952 Jan 29 10:13 hr_ts_127aws.dat

2. strings hr_ts_127aws.dat | head -10
Aff&Aff
ff^A
Aff
Aff~Aff
ff~A
LA33
Aff^Aff
A33KA33
A33 B
B33 B33

Since its a big file i have given the first 10 lines alone.

3. wc -l hr_ts_127aws.dat
2963 hr_ts_127aws.dat

4. uname -a
Linux paru 2.6.18-128.el5xen #1 SMP Wed Jan 21 11:55:02 EST 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

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Even od -c does not work.

# od -c hr_ts_127aws.dat | head -10
0000000 315 314 314 A 315 314 314 A 315 314 310 A 3 3 317 A
0000020 232 231 I A 232 231 205 A 232 231 211 A 3 3 257 A
0000040 315 314 220 A 315 314 254 A \0 \0 244 A \0 300 y 304
0000060 232 231 I A 315 314 224 A \0 \0 220 A f f & A
0000100 f f 232 A 232 231 211 A 232 231 265 A 232 231 321 A
0000120 3 3 343 A f f 266 A f f 342 A f f 342 A
0000140 f f 332 A 232 231 351 A 315 314 300 A \0 \0 \b A
0000160 f f 316 A f f 322 A 232 231 315 A f f 326 A
0000200 232 231 325 A 315 314 314 A 232 231 325 A 315 314 334 A
0000220 315 314 350 A 3 3 333 A 3 3 343 A 232 231 201 A

---------- Post updated at 04:45 AM ---------- Previous update was at 04:40 AM ----------

hi,

FYI

[root@paru Desktop]# ls -l hr_rrate_127aws.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1901952 Jan 29 14:51 hr_rrate_127aws.dat
[root@paru Desktop]# strings hr_rrate_127aws.dat
[root@paru Desktop]# wc -l hr_rrate_127aws.dat
0 hr_rrate_127aws.dat
[root@paru Desktop]# uname -a
Linux paru 2.6.18-128.el5xen #1 SMP Wed Jan 21 11:55:02 EST 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@paru Desktop]#
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