Several UCSC data tracks are downloaded in BigWig format (.bw). This is a compressed file that cannot be read by common text editors. Rather, you need to use utilities built to handle these files. Several are available at the ftp website: http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/admin/exe/linux.x86_64/. Here are a few UNIX programs I have found useful:
bigWigAverageOverBed
bigWigSummary
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