alt Hacker NewsWhat happens if instead of 'cat readme.txt' one does 'strings -a --unicode=hex readme.txt'? Does iTerm still monkey with it?
alias cat
cat='strings -a --unicode=hex'What happens if instead of 'cat readme.txt' one does 'strings -a --unicode=hex readme.txt'? Does iTerm still monkey with it?
alias cat
cat='strings -a --unicode=hex'
The whole "cat can hide unprintable characters" is such an old demo. I get this is a novel spin on which unprintable characters were doing but yeah, this was also my thought