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# 1  
Old 06-22-2012
Remove ^L character from a file
Hello,

I need to remove ^L character from a file as below:
Code:
 HELLO "I "
 HELLO "I "
^L HELLO "I"
 HELLO "I "
 HELLO "I "

Please suggest.

Thanks !!

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Mod Comment Please use next time code tags for your code and data
# 2  
Old 06-22-2012
Code:
sed 's/^[ \^L]*//' file

# 3  
Old 06-22-2012
Sorry, didnt work .... actually this character is only visible in vi editor. If we do cat it simply shows a space as below:

HELLO "I "
HELLO "I "
HELLO "I"
HELLO "I "
HELLO "I "

Smilie
# 4  
Old 06-22-2012
Try

Code:
awk '/^\014/{sub("\014","")}1' inputfile

# 5  
Old 06-22-2012
$ awk '/^\014/{sub("\014","")}1' x
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: illegal statement near line 1
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: bailing out near line 1


Smilie
# 6  
Old 06-22-2012
Solaris???
Use /usr/xpg4/bin/awk instead of awk...
# 7  
Old 06-22-2012
Thanks bro it worked Smilie yeah its solaris .... Have to put it across 50 servers .. hope all of them have /usr/xpg4/bin/awk Smilie
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