filename” may be a binary file. See it anyway?
This is a strong indication that your file has been saved in binary format. One of two things happened to the file to put it in binary: 1) If the file was edited in a word processor rather than a text editor, it may have been inadvertently saved as a document for that software, even if the file type was set to “text.” Whenever editing a plain text file, you will want to make certain to only use a text editor, such as NotePad in Windows, or SimpleText in MacOS. 2) If the file was uploaded via FTP, the software may have been set to binary format. If “auto-detect” is an option for upload/download method, you will want to use this. However, if this is not available, you will need to make certain “ASCII” is selected whenever uploading or downloading a plain text file, as this is the most common reason for text files to be in binary format.
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