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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Special character in my file Post 302125541 by Ryan2786 on Thursday 5th of July 2007 10:57:06 PM
Old 07-05-2007
Thanks. the sed command worked great.

how do I use the od command to get the hex values for that line?
thanks.
Ryan
 

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