Re: Remove escape characters from file
On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 03:45:39PM +0200, Pieter Verberne wrote: does OpenBSD have a program/script to remove control characters (escape sequence) from text files? Try col -b -- Brett Lymn Warning: The information contained in this email and any attached files is confidential to BAE Systems Australia. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this email or any attachments is expressly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately. VIRUS: Every care has been taken to ensure this email and its attachments are virus free, however, any loss or damage incurred in using this email is not the sender's responsibility. It is your responsibility to ensure virus checks are completed before installing any data sent in this email to your computer.
Remove escape characters from file
Hi, does OpenBSD have a program/script to remove control characters (escape sequence) from text files? Pieter
Re: Remove escape characters from file
Pieter, To remove the ^M characters at the end of all lines in vi, use: :%s/^V^M//g The ^v is a CONTROL-V character and ^m is a CONTROL-M. When you type this, it will look like this: :%s/^M//g -- Calomel @ http://calomel.org Open Source Research and Reference On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 03:45:39PM +0200, Pieter Verberne wrote: Hi, does OpenBSD have a program/script to remove control characters (escape sequence) from text files? Pieter
Re: Remove escape characters from file
On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 03:45:39PM +0200, Pieter Verberne wrote: Hi, Hi Pieter. does OpenBSD have a program/script to remove control characters (escape sequence) from text files? Do you mean something like the ^M (\r) character ? I recommend using tr, e.g.: tr -d '\r' name_of_inputfile name_of_outputfile HTH, Andreas. -- Windows 95: A 32-bit patch for a 16-bit GUI shell running on top of an 8-bit operating system written for a 4-bit processor by a 2-bit company who cannot stand 1 bit of competition.
Re: Remove escape characters from file
On 10/26/07, Pieter Verberne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, does OpenBSD have a program/script to remove control characters (escape sequence) from text files? Not sure if this is what you are wanting. tr '\r' '\n' inputfile outputfile more info @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline
Re: Remove escape characters from file
Hi Peter, does OpenBSD have a program/script to remove control characters (escape sequence) from text files? Sure, sed 's/[^A-Z ]//g' No kidding: Usually you want to specify which characters to allow, not which characters to remove (default deny policy). In case you want to allow more than just capital letters and blanks, add them to the character set above. See sed(1) for details. Yours, Ingo
