[ale] Re: (no subject)

[gt1355b at prism.gatech.edu (Chris Ricker)]

On  1 Dec, Jim Lynch wrote:
> I just got a file from someone that has an .awd extension.  Does anyone
> know what that is and if there is a Linux utility that can do anything
> with it?  Other than copy it, that is. 8^)
> 

What does file say?  What does it look like when you cat it?

My guess: it might be an applix file of some sort (Applix Words Document
or something silly like that); they end in .aw or .awd, as I recall.  If
so, it'll be a text file with an identifying string at the start.

later,
chris

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Chris Ricker                                 gt1355b at prism.gatech.edu