From: Randy General <randygeneral@...>
Date: 2009-07-22T04:34:33+09:00
Subject: Problems reading a text file with unusual encoding

I have a pcap file that I simply changed the file extension to text on.
It can be seen here:

http://69.4.224.185/output.txt

When I try to load the file into Ruby, some parts of it come out, while
others don't.

For example:

input = File.readlines('output.txt')

input = input.to_s

proof = input.scan(/challenge/)

proof => challenge

Challenge is written in the file and it can be scanned for
appropriately. However, other normally written words (there's a line
that says bdticket later on) can not be parsed. I realize this isn't the
most elegant way of going about this, but this is the only format I can
get this file in, and if I open the file in notepad I can see the
following:

bdTicket\WQmS/

But when I scan for bdTicket, nothing comes up.

Anyone have any ideas how I can get around this?

Any help is appreciated!
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