I am trying to dump /var/log/messages using cat command, but it is failing.
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Command:
[root@greplinux-linux ~]# cat /var/log/messages
Op:
cat: /var/log/messages: Invalid argument
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Apr 30 20:25:18 TEST-NODE kernel: IPT: IN_NOMATCH IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:17:a4:a7:3d:a2:08:00 SRC=172.26.16.27 DST=172.26.16.255 LEN=104 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=10100 DPT=10100 LEN=84
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what am i getting wrong/missing/failing to understand?
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