On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 12:37:48PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > On Thursday 25 November 2004 12:13, Ed Wilts, RHCE wrote: > > Don't spell the whole BOOBY word out - it's a funky man page display but > > you will see the string BOOBY TRAPS there exactly as the original poster > > documented. > > Cute: > > [root@dugong ~]# man hosts.allow | grep -E BO | xxd > 0000000: 4208 424f 084f 4f08 4f42 0842 5908 5920 B.BO.OO.OB.BY.Y > 0000010: 5408 5452 0852 4108 4150 0850 5308 530a T.TR.RA.AP.PS.S. > [root@dugong ~]# Those will be backspaces I think so that the titles are bolded. This would sense when printed but not a lot of use on a tube. > I know how to get it left in a terminal window; the question for Arthur is > whether this actually explains _his_ circumstances. > > I'm not convinced, but he may have done something.... Me neither - I justed pointed out that the string does appear on just about everybody's system. -- Ed Wilts, RHCE Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program
