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From: kms@ecsvax.UUCP (Ken Steele)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: SHAR format for binary files
Keywords: only a TINY annoyance, use 'sed'
Message-ID: <6960@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: 9 May 89 03:20:38 GMT
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
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I also experienced initial frustration when dealing with the
X's in the binary shar files.  But this was more a problem of a
novice AND that my Ultrix machine lacks an 'unshar.'

But the task turns out to not be that difficult.  Just delete all
lines that do not begin with an X and then do:
	sed 's/^X//' <saved.filename >filename.zu?.whatever

And if you forget the command, it is right at the top of the shar file 
just before the important stuff begins (about the 28th line or so)

PS.  Don't forget the lines at the bottom of the file starting with
     SHAR_EOF

-- 
Ken Steele   Dept. of Psychology    kms@ecsvax.[bitnet | UUCP]
             Mars Hill College
             Mars Hill, NC 28754