Hi,
   I am trying to remove from file :
        1. all characters but any alphabet and numbers.
        2. all trailing spaces should be made to one space.
   
   following code doesnt seem to work for objective [1] mentioned above. Can anyone 
please point out why ?

Thanks,
Mandar 
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open(fp,$file) or die "Cant open $file :$!\n"; 
@cont=<fp>; 
[EMAIL PROTECTED];

for(@cont) {
  tr/A-Z/a-z/;
  s/^[a-z0-9]/ /;
  s/\s+/ /g; 
}   
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Mandar Rahurkar
ECE,   UIUC
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