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in reply to Re: Unbelievably Obvious Debugging Tip
in thread Unbelievably Obvious Debugging Tip

I use cat -A for ages. Yes, it is a good thing.

Also, I often use cat -v to make nonprintable characters printable, so that if there's a C-N it wouldn't mess up my terminal, but if it's only text, it would not change. It's also a great way to see C-M's.