Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.os.linux.misc > #14545

Re: scanning HD data

Path csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!news.albasani.net!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From Andreas Kohlbach <apr15.7.ankman@spamgourmet.net>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: scanning HD data
Date Tue, 14 Apr 2015 16:15:13 -0400
Organization albasani.net
Lines 22
Message-ID <87618yeab2.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> (permalink)
References <mgjrim$7n8$1@dont-email.me>
Mime-Version 1.0
Content-Type text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-Trace news.albasani.net odvC1faZP/cM7RtwqZBCtmmF2swraR3bsYCzExJYm4Ou33H0jhBPhZGznlXnTjHxBpUXextmjlPOGZOFcsw3NA==
NNTP-Posting-Date Tue, 14 Apr 2015 20:15:30 +0000 (UTC)
Injection-Info news.albasani.net; logging-data="zKkr7pILUg9RcPSDP083v6V66W1ctlLfWUZiIBLrNStMCKc0cU4U4O6fyF/JzVqT7PyDiLTCrHrjKcGwAqu+H4a5SUSE4ysf8TLbS8AsDGyIHcsk9gKNfBGgVWpAtMsV"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@albasani.net"
User-Agent Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux)
X-Face '#R~-oJz-_!iXhczPJ;=w1(`5-uQ2$0qHB7KKDV,]VoAC!P?swaa#m|eB<DkOt*XH=~9C[g S^w)b,)1q,{P\7Z3H,N(^m.YKuYM//B{X:PvbDk.|:g:$wVr*3*)[K6F+k\z-s32+oB]YJPy11wuGGz'bQAk~1.b1[;M{^A2@bboIENBB:Wd:<Fm~r7OuiJA1g}7KC-T'>Du+
Cancel-Lock sha1:XLNBj0yTc2JkVUbxO0PCmYgnd70= sha1:ygNIx79KkiaQ+pjM1FVNIbbH+r8=
X-Face-What-Is-It Capture Bee from Galaga
Xref csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:14545

Show key headers only | View raw

Bill Cunningham wrote on 14. April 2015:
>
>     If I had a dump of a file. And then wanted to find it on the filesystem, 
> could I use sed? I've never used this command and I am not familiar with it. 
> Other than I know it exists. It is a "stream editor" whatever that is. If I 
> had a dump of XX1. It's 500 MB long. Can I use sed and pipe to find it on 
> the filesystem? I am running ext3 right now.

Try

file -s

At least that works on hard disk nodes.

You could also try to "loop" mount the file. Something like

mount -o loop file /media/somwhere
-- 
Andreas

I use a Unix based operating system, which means I get laid almost as often as I
have to reboot my computer.

Back to comp.os.linux.misc | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

scanning HD data "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-14 16:00 -0400
  Re: scanning HD data Vilmos Soti <vilmos@soti.ca> - 2015-04-14 13:14 -0700
    Re: scanning HD data "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-14 16:18 -0400
  Re: scanning HD data Andreas Kohlbach <apr15.7.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2015-04-14 16:15 -0400
  Re: scanning HD data Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2015-04-14 20:17 +0000
    Re: scanning HD data "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-14 16:23 -0400
      Re: scanning HD data root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2015-04-14 22:00 +0000
      Re: scanning HD data Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2015-04-14 23:20 +0000
        Re: scanning HD data "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-14 19:59 -0400
          Re: scanning HD data Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2015-04-15 00:43 +0000
            Re: scanning HD data "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-14 21:09 -0400
            Re: scanning HD data "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-15 14:35 -0400
      Re: scanning HD data Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2015-04-15 17:09 +0000
        Re: scanning HD data The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-04-15 18:26 +0100
        Re: scanning HD data "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-15 14:27 -0400
  Re: scanning HD data Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> - 2015-04-14 18:42 -0400
    Re: scanning HD data "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-14 19:28 -0400
  Re: scanning HD data James Moe <jimoeDESPAM@sohnen-moe.com> - 2015-04-15 11:24 -0700

csiph-web