[plug] dd speed estimates and /dev/hdx grepping

[Bernard Blackham]

> Could you elaborate on 'not doable'?
> 
> # grep -b blah /dev/hda
> Binary file /dev/hda matches
> 
> Admittedly it isn't terribly /useful/ but fiddling with the grep options
> may get you somewhere...

I find it more useful to use strings first:

  strings < /dev/hda |grep -10 "fubar" ... 

Where the -10 is the number of lines of context before and after.
It's generally only the readable text you (or I) care about anyway :)

Bernard.

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