On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 20:20, will trillich wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 12:00:18AM -0500, Shaun ONeil wrote: > > > # dd if=/dev/hda6 bs=1k count=50 | file - > > 50+0 records in > > 50+0 records out > > 51200 bytes transferred in 0.116208 seconds (440589 bytes/sec) > > standard input: Linux rev 1.0 ext2 filesystem data > > (mounted or unclean) > > > > There may be a good reason not to do this, but it's always worked for me > > there may indeed, but THAT'S A REALLY COOL TIP. cut it out.
There's a switch for file, too: diamond:/home/richard# file -s /dev/hda2 /dev/hda2: Linux rev 1.0 ext2 filesystem data (mounted or unclean) That reads the file despite it being a special file. Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
