----- Original Message ----- From: <tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 12:00 PM Subject: tclug-list Digest, Vol 32, Issue 31 > Send tclug-list mailing list submissions to > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tclug-list-owner at mn-linux.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of tclug-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: cat -A showing ^@ characters (Steve Cayford) > 2. Re: cat -A showing ^@ characters (Nate Straz) > 3. Re: cat -A showing ^@ characters (Mike Miller) > 4. OT? Bryan Halvorson (Scott Raun) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:00:47 -0500 > From: Steve Cayford <strayf at freeshell.org> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] cat -A showing ^@ characters > To: TCLUG List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Message-ID: <46D454BF.8070901 at freeshell.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > You can use hexdump to find out. > > -Steve > > Donovan Niesen wrote: >> Anybody know what the ^@ character is in a text file when I view it >> using cat -A? I have a dumb Windows program that is creating a text >> file and using these characters as whitespace. I'm trying to write a >> Python script to strip them out but I don't know what the heck they are. >> >> >> -- >> Donovan Niesen >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:55:52 -0500 > From: Nate Straz <nate at refried.org> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] cat -A showing ^@ characters > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Message-ID: <20070828175552.GA13297 at refried.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 11:44:39AM -0500, Donovan Niesen wrote: >> Anybody know what the ^@ character is in a text file when I view it using >> cat -A? > > Usually ^@ represents null characters (hex 0x0). > > Nate > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:15:16 -0500 (CDT) > From: Mike Miller <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] cat -A showing ^@ characters > To: Nate Straz <nate at refried.org> > Cc: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.60.0708281312250.10939 at taxa.epi.umn.edu> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Nate Straz wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 11:44:39AM -0500, Donovan Niesen wrote: >>> Anybody know what the ^@ character is in a text file when I view it >>> using >>> cat -A? >> >> Usually ^@ represents null characters (hex 0x0). > > Yep: > > echo -n 'X' | perl -pe 's/X/\0/' | cat -A > > So NULL is ascii zero (in octal, hex or dec): > > man ascii > > Not every system has "man ascii" but it is good to have, if you ask me. > > Mike > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:48:32 -0500 > From: Scott Raun <sraun at fireopal.org> > Subject: [tclug-list] OT? Bryan Halvorson > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Message-ID: <20070828224832.GA28469 at fireopal.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Anyone know Bryan Halvorson? > > IIUC, he's the owner of sector14.net, and lives in Twin Cities area. > He disappeared from an on-line forum I hang out in occasionally, and > the denizens are hoping he's all right. > > -- > Scott Raun > sraun at fireopal.org > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > End of tclug-list Digest, Vol 32, Issue 31 > ******************************************