>Why in the world is 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' better than 'bin2text /proc/cpuinfo' ?
IFS=: while read token value;do
echo $token ":" $value
done < /proc/cpuinfo
can be used even when /usr/bin has gone south for the winter. One of
the lessons of Windows NT is that even though a binary registry can
be nice for writing simple-minded gui tools, it's a real bitch when
something gets corrupted. Human readable text, on the other hand, is
amenable to deal with when your display tool is toast.
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david parsons \bi/ orc@pell.chi.il.us
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