/var/log/messages contains lines with ^@^@^@^@^@ (null characters)
Issue
/var/log/messagescontains lines with "^@^@^@^@^@ (null characters) when opened with vim. These lines might appear after a crash or an unresponsive system
May 28 15:53:15 node8 su: (to oracle) root on none
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@May 28 16:36:41 node8 kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
May 28 16:36:41 node8 kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
May 28 16:36:41 node8 kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct
May 28 16:36:41 node8 kernel: Linux version 3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64 (mockbuild@x86-041.build.eng.bos.redhat.com) (gcc version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-16) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Fri Oct 13 10:46:25 EDT 2017
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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