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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Script to Remove Garbage Character Post 302069565 by mph on Monday 27th of March 2006 02:31:25 PM
Old 03-27-2006
If you just wan to delete all control chars without having to pipe to a new file and rename it, use:

This will get rid of all the control chars in the file.
Code:
echo '%s/[[:cntrl:]]//g\nwq' | ex filename

Or use
This will just delete the ^M's
Code:
echo '%s/\015//g\nwq' | ex filename

 

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NAME

       git-count-objects - Count unpacked number of objects and their disk consumption

SYNOPSIS

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DESCRIPTION

       This counts the number of unpacked object files and disk space consumed by them, to help you decide when it is a good time to repack.

OPTIONS

       -v, --verbose
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	   count: the number of loose objects

	   size: disk space consumed by loose objects, in KiB (unless -H is specified)

	   in-pack: the number of in-pack objects

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	   garbage: the number of files in object database that are neither valid loose objects nor valid packs

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