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From: David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: bin/72355: Can't run "strings" on a (disk) device, even if you
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The following reply was made to PR bin/72355; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: Pierre Beyssac <beyssac@bofh.enst.fr>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/72355: Can't run "strings" on a (disk) device, even if you want to
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 17:08:12 -0400

 > 	# strings /dev/da2s1
 > 	strings: Warning: '/dev/da2s1' is not an ordinary file
 
 I can't speak for why strings does this or whether it should be
 considered a bug or not, but a way to override it is
 'cat /dev/da2s1 | strings'.