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Post subject: grep match pattern: Binary file bincharacters.txt matches - How to make grep treat a file as text | Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 7:15 am

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grep match pattern: Binary file bincharacters.txt matches - How to make grep treat a file as text

Code:

# grep text bincharacters.txt 
Binary file bincharacters.txt matches

How to make grep treat a a text file containing binary characters as text and display the matching lines:

Code:

# grep -a text bincharacters.txt
context_verf_err                0

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