BOOBY TRAPS?

[Ed Wilts]

On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 12:37:48PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote:
> On Thursday 25 November 2004 12:13, Ed Wilts, RHCE wrote:
> > Don't spell the whole BOOBY word out - it's a funky man page display but
> > you will see the string BOOBY TRAPS there exactly as the original poster
> > documented.
> 
> Cute:
> 
> [root at dugong ~]# man hosts.allow | grep -E BO | xxd
> 0000000: 4208 424f 084f 4f08 4f42 0842 5908 5920  B.BO.OO.OB.BY.Y
> 0000010: 5408 5452 0852 4108 4150 0850 5308 530a  T.TR.RA.AP.PS.S.
> [root at dugong ~]#

Those will be backspaces I think so that the titles are bolded.  This
would sense when printed but not a lot of use on a tube.

> I know how to get it left in a terminal window; the question for Arthur is 
> whether this actually explains _his_ circumstances.
> 
> I'm not convinced, but he may have done something....

Me neither - I justed pointed out that the string does appear on just
about everybody's system.

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Ed Wilts, RHCE
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