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Article #189097Re: Removal of non-printable characters
From: Pete Halverson
Date: Wed, 01 May 1991 19:42
Date: Wed, 01 May 1991 19:42
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In article <1991May1.154743.25413@math.ufl.edu> wang@math.ufl.edu writes: >I have got a question for you emacs experts: I have some files which >contain bunch of non-printable characters, such as Control-L (served >as page breaker), Control-M (line breaker). How do I remove all of >them from the current buffer if I edit such a file in Emacs? Try "M-x replace-regexp RET [\000-\010\012-\037\177-\377] RET RET" where each "\xxx" is a *single* *character* entered by typing "C-q x x x". Note that this character may actually be displayed as some random control character in the minibuffer. -- =============================================================================== Pete Halverson INET: halverson@crd.ge.com GE Corporate R&D Center UUCP: uunet!crd.ge.com!halverson Schenectady, NY
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103b8b,b4ba32a2a7cb275e X-Google-Attributes: gid103b8b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-05-02 05:05:31 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!crdgw1!altair!halvers From: halvers@altair.crd.ge.com (Pete Halverson) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Subject: Re: Removal of non-printable characters Message-ID: <19148@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Date: 1 May 91 19:42:17 GMT References: <1991May1.154743.25413@math.ufl.edu> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: halverson@crd.ge.com (Pete Halverson) Organization: General Electric Corporate R&D Center Lines: 20