Unicode files

[Clancy Malcolm]

Can cygwin programs like grep process a unicode file?

I have a Windows 2000 backup log file which seems to be a unicode file.
When I cat the file under cygwin it displays with spaces between every
second character: e.g.

ÿ_B a c k u p   S t a t u s
 O p e r a t i o n :   B a c k u p
 A c t i v e   b a c k u p   d e s t i n a t i o n :   4 m m   D D S
 M e d i a   n a m e :   " T S C 4 - 2 0 0 3 - 0 1 - 1 3 - 2 - 3 5 p "

When I cat in under linux it displays as a normal text file.  I have a
script which grep's for particular patterns and emails matching lines, but
it won't work with these log files.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Clancy Malcolm



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