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anon10039
06-08-2012, 06:46 PM
sir,
(1) how can we display the contents of the file using - in cat commands
(2) how to display non printing characters

thanks

basant
06-08-2012, 07:19 PM
Anon10039,

Please refer to the man page of cat. Typical use is 'cat <filename>'.

What do you mean by non-printing characters? Are you referring to binary files?

-- Basant