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Article #1253Re: How to strip edit characters
From: Larry Wall
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 1990 03:56
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 1990 03:56
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In article <6665@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> ejmag@aplcen (Magnusson Eric 859-4680) writes: : Occasionally I receive mail from others which contains editing : characters such as backspace(^H). When this text is printed to the : screen it appears fine, but when I try to edit it, I see all the edit : characters like sew^H^Ho (instead of "so"). : : Is there a "shell" way to remove the backspace characters, yet retain : the text in its final form? Try filtering through either of col -b perl -pe '1 while s/.\010//' The col command may do extra transmogrifications to the text that you don't want. The perl command may do extra transmogrifications to your mind that you don't want. Larry
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jpl-devvax!lwall From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: How to strip edit characters Message-ID: <9696@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> Date: 27 Sep 90 03:56:34 GMT References: <6665@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) Distribution: na Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA Lines: 19