can not read text file after edit using vi
Dear all,
I tried to edit a text file using vi and after modification if saved the file using :x Now i can't see the content using cat command. When i issue the command cat alert_db.log It displays some absurd symbol as follows Î|×63"mã¥f©¦*{JKVY\ïBØb Ó9¤²$ ÕàÙy÷súÈÇOøâÈECÃþ@üîT«j+fî ÆQ k qÓ®z2fÊë¨ý9®É«m Yðdcím¤º`ÔXUPÑ*γÜPI]Ççß'M¬OéxG±+~(v{¯*_þ;^ä.® f'çGl|{IÆWÝW ©NM¦`é 90O¬O{ m±IwËúrøÕ@}øñuá¹øPgR*XéE»%tW ÷?£Û¡»jh àpx¥Ù :¯33odz¡-y5ÒÌýÏi&gbWz=§´Õ_¬Ééªa¤£^ÒT©Íø`ýpØ3DC|4cÌ9*ÃäkÔ&$¡-Ìh.É`¶^äDåó {*Á.+Ìpq&%*U1xe-2S¬« '&6ÝÖ¦£ëcÆöX{õJò`Þ^ÿô'Ã$#AóV+ Another thing is that I may use the command tail -3.50 alert_db.log in place of tail -300 alert_db.log Please help me .. what to do... It is very important file Regards. Morad. |
In the directory look for the backup file named whatever~
rename it and see if it is readable |
No I did not find any hidden file using ls -al
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That is because it is not hidden, it just has the ~ added to the name.
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