Checksum in the UNIX script itself?

[BlackNBlue]

Hi all,

I have some basic knowledge about UNIX admin and has been a UNIX user for a while, when it comes to scripting, I do know a little but won't say I am a pro in any sense.

I was recently asked to find out if I could edit an existing script in one of the systems severs so we can make it do slightly a bit more stuff than it is doing now. I uploaded the script via FTP and the script looks fine to me except that it seems to have lines of hex numbers at the end of every function. I am baffled by these lines of hex numbers and what they do.

I am thinking they may be checksum but I am not 100% sure, will these numbers affect the function of a script?
And if it is just rubbish, should I just delete the numbers and leave the texts as is?

I would have contact the original author of the script but unfortunately he is no longer in the company.

Below is an exampe of these hex numbers


0707010002141c000081b4009d351200004e4700000001406b42a7000006ac000000af0000106600000000000000000000001200000003install/preremove#!/sbin/sh


Cheers

BNB

 

[LKBrwnDBA]

Either you copied the wrong file or your script is corrupt.

Perhaps you copied a file used by some version control software instead of the actual script source.



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[mrn]

How did you transfer the file Ascii or Binary?

Also try viewing the orignal file on the unix server with

cat -v filename

This should show you any special characters within the file.

Mike

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[LKBrwnDBA]

Also the file looks very much like a 'tar' file, try this:

tar tvf TheFile

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