Article View: comp.unix.shell
Article #1251Re: How to strip edit characters
From: Paul John Falstad
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 1990 04:13
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 1990 04:13
14 lines
1100 bytes
1100 bytes
In article <6665@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> ejmag@aplcen (Magnusson Eric 859-4680) writes: >Is there a "shell" way to remove the backspace characters, yet retain sed /.^H/s///g You should be able to type in the ^H by typing <control-v><control-h>. I had to fight with my terminal to keep it from sending ^?. Perl solutions, anyone? :-) If Lafontaine's elk would spurn Tom Jones, the engine must be our head, the dining car our esophagus, the guardsvan our left lung, the kettle truck our shins, the first class compartment the piece of skin at the nape of the neck, and the level crossing an electric elk called Simon.
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<2856@idunno.Princeton.EDU>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!udel!princeton!phoenix!pfalstadReferences:
<6665@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!udel!princeton!phoenix!pfalstad From: pfalstad@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Paul John Falstad) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: How to strip edit characters Message-ID: <2856@idunno.Princeton.EDU> Date: 27 Sep 90 04:13:56 GMT References: <6665@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> Sender: news@idunno.Princeton.EDU Distribution: na Organization: Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey Lines: 14