Chuck Dubois wrote:
> On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 21:08:54 -0500, CBFalconer wrote:
>
>>>> cat f1 f2 .... > bigfile
>>>
>>> It blows up on wmv files.
>>
>> No reason for that, unless the output file is too big for your
>> system. What error does cat give you?
>
> It throws garbage characters on the screen, beeps the system
> speaker and the display starts scrolling.

Sounds like you omitted the "> bigfile" in the command above.

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