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I have corrupt syslog here

syslog

with binary characters at

Oct 19 15:51:18

Could this be due to a system crash? My screen was black when I arrived.

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  • Yes, it could be due to a system crash. You might observe similar in your /var/log/kern.log file. I usually just edit out the problem area, or if using grep to find stuff, allow treating binary files as text. Oct 19, 2017 at 21:51
  • OK, thanks will remove this post, because pasted file will expire in one year...
    – Leder
    Oct 28, 2017 at 13:31

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ok, the crash makes the text file look like binary file, use grep and answer from this question:

https://serverfault.com/questions/328101/how-do-i-grep-through-binary-files-that-look-like-text

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