Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 08:47:02 -0400 From: Greg Pavelcak <gpav@som.umass.edu> To: mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sorry Windows Question but Important Message-ID: <20020412124702.GA59423@oitunix.oit.umass.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020411213134.A89396@rochester.rr.com> References: <20020411204810.A89007@rochester.rr.com> <NGBBIILBAKIFGHHCHOHPKENCCJAA.maildrop@qwest.net> <20020411213134.A89396@rochester.rr.com>
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On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 09:31:34PM -0400, mpd wrote: > On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 08:26:48PM -0500, Maildrop wrote: > > > > > > Won't just cat work fine? > > > > cat /floppy/broken_file.doc > /tmp/fixed_file.doc > > > > Have you ever tried this? > > The content is there, but it's surrounded by garbage. > catdoc removes all the formatting that clutters up > word documents. > > If you don't want to install ports, 'strings' would > probably do what you want. > > <snip> > Thanks to everyone for the input. Just for the record, neither catdoc nor cat worked. Someone else ran a Windows disk utility (Scandisk?). That repaired the problem, and she was able to open the file again. Thanks again for all the replies. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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