Hi,
> I've a "VERSION" file for a package (not from debian) and this file doesnt
> have a 0x0A at the end of the line.
> cat doesnt display any contents (less does).
> If I add lines before the offending line, these lines are displayed but not
> the last one.
>
> Attached: the VERSION file which contain a single line and the TXT file which
> contains 2 lines, the second one without a 0x0A.
Your file is not a text file and it does not contain such a thing as a line.
POSOX 3.206 Line
A sequence of zero or more non- <newline> characters plus a terminating
<newline> character.
I also cannot reproduce your bug. Maybe you can post a screen dump?
-nik
