grep text in a binary file

[unixwhoopie]

I am trying to do a grep on a file, but I am always getting this message -

Binary file tmp.log matches.

I am giving the following command to search for 3038 and display all the lines in the file -
grep -40 '3038' tmp.log

I am kind of new to grep and trying to figure it out...

thanks

 

[SamBones]

Maybe try...

strings tmp.log | grep -40 '3038'

That will pull the strings out of the binary file, then do the [tt]grep[/tt] on that.

Hope this helps.

 

[feherke]

Hi

If you are sure that tmp.log is text file, only [tt]grep[/tt] thinks that is binary, use the -a option :

-a, --text
Process a binary file as if it were text; this is
equivalent to the --binary-files=text option.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/