I have corrupt syslog here
with binary characters at
Oct 19 15:51:18
Could this be due to a system crash? My screen was black when I arrived.
I have corrupt syslog here
with binary characters at
Oct 19 15:51:18
Could this be due to a system crash? My screen was black when I arrived.
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
/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.