how to remove ^@ from a file using sed...or anything

sayonm · #1 (**permalink**) 08-07-2006

i tried the following:-
sed -e file 's/^@//g' > temp

also tried
sed -e file 's/[^ -~]//g' > temp

nothing happened....can someone please tell me wht is wrong???
also someinformation abt the character "^@"(it is ONLY ONE character and NOT TWO characters)

thanx in advance..

vgersh99 · #2 (**permalink**) 08-07-2006

'^@' is ascii octal '000'
tr -d '\000' myFile

dsravan · #3 (**permalink**) 08-07-2006

Vgresh,

It's giving me following error.

tr -d '\000' a(my file name)

tr: The combination of options and String parameters is not legal.
Usage: tr [ -c | -cds | -cs | -ds | -s ] [-A] String1 String2
tr [ -cd | -cs | -d | -s ] [-A] String1

vgersh99 · #4 (**permalink**) 08-07-2006

sorry - fat fingers:

Code:

tr -d '\000' < myFile

xb88 · #5 (**permalink**) 08-07-2006

try this:

cat <your_file_name> | sed -e 's/\^@//g' > output.txt

vgersh99 · #6 (**permalink**) 08-07-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by xb88

try this:

cat <your_file_name> | sed -e 's/\^@//g' > output.txt

why do you need 'cat'?
'^@' is ONE character. How exactly does using the '\' help you

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