[HPADM] Howto remove control characters from a unix text file

From: Paul.Soltermann@vonroll-isola.com
Date: Wed Apr 16 2003 - 12:58:14 EDT


Hi All,

How can I remove control characters from a unix text file.

For example:

# grep -v ^L file1 > file2
does not work, "^L" is still in <file2>

                                   
 Thanks for any help !
                                   
                                   
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