In <1143001089.236603.80200@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups. com>, on
03/21/2006
at 08:18 PM, dhbspam@gmail.com said:

> I am new to Linux, and need to read a file bit by bit,

On what computer? While in the past there have been computers that
allowed you to address arbitrary bytes, almost every[1] contemporary
computer is limited to 8-bit bytes (octets) on an eight-bit boundary.

[1] I believe that Unisys still makes machines that can handle
6-bit bytes.

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