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Cleaning text files
Post 12197 by peter.herlihy on Thursday 20th of December 2001 08:47:31 PM
12-20-2001
At the risk of being shot for saying this..... if all else fails you could export the file to a GUI text editor - or (shock horror) even into a word/notepad and strip them manually.
This is a definite last resort - just incase you have to make this happen and can't find other ways.
This is a definite last resort - just incase you have to make this happen and can't find other ways.
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