Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 22:40:26 GMT From: Pierre Beyssac <beyssac@enst.fr> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/72355: Can't run "strings" on a (disk) device, even if you want to Message-ID: <200410062240.i96MeQ4t015303@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/72355; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Pierre Beyssac <beyssac@enst.fr> To: David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/72355: Can't run "strings" on a (disk) device, even if you want to Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 00:31:18 +0200 On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 05:08:12PM -0400, David Schultz wrote: > 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'. Thanks! Since I sent the PR I have also found "strings < /dev/da2s1" which saves a cat; but still... -- Pierre Beyssac pb@enst.fr
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