Thanks for all the replies.
% strings FILE text.txt
works in a pinch.
Warmest Regards,
Tim
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I've inherited several Quark files on Mac-formatted CDs. I'm able to open them on my
RHL server and transfer them via scp to a Cygwin-enabled Windoze for hex , or binary,
inspection, in TextPad (a kickass text editor for Windoze BTW) and view the text
contents, e.g. Four score and seven years
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Subject: [OT] extracting text from binary file
I've inherited several Quark files on Mac-formatted CDs. I'm able to open
them on my RHL server and transfer them via scp to a Cygwin-enabled Windoze
for hex , or binary, inspection
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Subject: [OT] extracting text from binary file
I've inherited several Quark files on Mac-formatted CDs. I'm able to open them on
my RHL server and transfer them via scp to a Cygwin-enabled Windoze for hex
On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 04:16:40PM -0500, Stone, Timothy wrote:
I've inherited several Quark files on Mac-formatted CDs. I'm able
[...]
Is there a recommended hex editor in Linux that would allow me to
select the text and paste it to a regular text file for editing?
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I'm not 100% sure I
Have you tried running the strings command on the file from
a shell prompt? Strings extracts any ASCII strings it can
find within binaries.
Will.
From: Stone, Timothy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've inherited several Quark files on Mac-formatted CDs.
I'm able to open them on my RHL
