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  1. VIEWER.DOC                November 1992             Jeff Prosise
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  3. Purpose:       View Binary Files Without the DOS Beep
  4.  
  5. Usage:         VIEW < CHKDSK.EXE > CHKDSK.TXT
  6.                VIEW < CHKDSK.EXE
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  8. Remarks:       Try to view a nontext file with DOSs TYPE or MORE
  9.                command and all you'll get is junk and beeps.
  10.                Binary files, though, often contain useful text
  11.                information such as error messages, copyright
  12.                information, etc., that can help you identify
  13.                mystery files on ao hard disk.
  14.  
  15.                VIEW scans binary files for embedded text messages.
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  17.                To view longer files onscreen, pip VIEWs output
  18.                to MORE, as in:
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  20.                     TYPE CHKDSK.TXT|MORE
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