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2008-11-21 , 20:48
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OK. I give up. Would some polite person tell me how do I display a text file in xterm. There is no cat command.

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2008-11-21 , 21:02
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No cat? I've got cat. Try 'more filename'. hth
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No cat? I've got cat.
Me too. Via "/bin/cat" which is a symbolic link to busybox.
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2008-11-21 , 22:35
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Originally Posted by oldmancoyote1 View Post
OK. I give up. Would some polite person tell me how do I display a text file in xterm. There is no cat command.

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It's very weird that you don't have 'cat'... Could you please tell me the output of this command?:

$ which cat
$ which busybox

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2008-11-22 , 02:54
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Sorry folks. It must have been an Alzheimers moment. Actually more like an Alzheimers day. Cat is there after all. l'm getting old.
 
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2008-11-24 , 15:11
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Sorry folks. It must have been an Alzheimers moment. Actually more like an Alzheimers day. Cat is there after all. l'm getting old.
That's ok. I've had plenty of those days. Although from what I understand, don't most people start to collect cats when they get older, not lose them? .
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Although from what I understand, don't most people start to collect cats when they get older, not lose them? .
*LOL*

You made made day.

I wish I knew somebody I could tell this....
 
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