Assume you have a file named "file.txt", containing only one of your "dirty" line. First, you have to determine the octal code of the junk character, which is the 15th of the line:
Now that you have the octal representation of the character you want to remove, try:
Hi All,
I have been trying to FTP some data files from Windows directory to a UNIX server. The txt file in the windows contails the following data:
"111~XYZ~1~Contact person’s phone number~COMMENTS~~~~"
but the same line is appearing as
"111~XYZ~1~Contact person^Òs phone number~COMMENTS~~~~"... (8 Replies)
Hi
set filename "./GopiRun.sh"
if } err] {
writeLog "error in exec "
writeLog $a
} else {
writeLog $a
}
The above code will execute a file GopiRun.sh,and will log the output of the exec to a file.
The problem is the file has lot of junk character in it,how to avoid it.
The... (2 Replies)
A sed command works most of the time however it fails sometimes.
I put each line (record) I read of a file through the following command
data=$(cat file | sed 's///g' | sed 's|.*ex:Msg\(.*\)ex:Msg.*|\1|' )
When I run the script I get a message that states that there is an invalid format... (6 Replies)
Hi Team,
I have a file having size greater than 1 GB. What i want to do is to check if it contains any JUNK character (ie any special charater thats not on the key board stroke). This file has 532 column & seperated with ^~^.
I have found some solution from the file, but it is for a... (4 Replies)
I have a file that I ran the dos2unix utility on, it cleans up pretty well, but I noticed an occasional ^M leftover, (actual characters) these may or may not be strays from my original dos file. Either way, I want to get rid of the ^ and any character that may follow. ^M ^C or whatever.
How do I... (6 Replies)
Hello,
I have two .sql files which I transferred from Windows to Unix (Linux Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3).I want to ensure that these two files have no junk characters in them.How do I do it in the simplest possible way?
Many thanks
DJ (1 Reply)
Dear ALL,
How to remove junk charecter ^M from unix file i am using sun solaris unix.
I already tried few commands
:%s/^M//g
:%s/r//g
but it didnt helped me.
Any help appriciated.
Thanks
Ripudaman
Please view this code tag video for how to use code tags when posting code... (5 Replies)
Hi
I want to know how to see junk character in a file.
i am not able to see junk character using vi or cat command.
below is the junk char . which i see in host file
10.178.14.67▒▒▒ ac01sp02-vip
actually it should be like this
10.178.14.67 ac01sp02-vip
i am using secure CRT... (11 Replies)
Hello,
Im downloading the file from windows server through FTP, the downloaded file is containing some junk character at very start of the file as below and causing my whole script is to fail,
how to download without junk or how to remove these before processing it?
▒▒"nmdbfnmdsfsdf"
... (19 Replies)
Hello All,
I have issues in unix file when I loaded that to database and do select * from table where description like '%'+char(13)+'%' on it I am able to get records. I tried to view the file in unix it is all having blank character which I think is all non ascii which I am not able view.... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: arunkumar_mca
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ascii
ASCII(7) BSD Miscellaneous Information Manual ASCII(7)NAME
ascii -- octal, hexadecimal and decimal ASCII character sets
DESCRIPTION
The octal set:
000 nul 001 soh 002 stx 003 etx 004 eot 005 enq 006 ack 007 bel
010 bs 011 ht 012 nl 013 vt 014 np 015 cr 016 so 017 si
020 dle 021 dc1 022 dc2 023 dc3 024 dc4 025 nak 026 syn 027 etb
030 can 031 em 032 sub 033 esc 034 fs 035 gs 036 rs 037 us
040 sp 041 ! 042 " 043 # 044 $ 045 % 046 & 047 '
050 ( 051 ) 052 * 053 + 054 , 055 - 056 . 057 /
060 0 061 1 062 2 063 3 064 4 065 5 066 6 067 7
070 8 071 9 072 : 073 ; 074 < 075 = 076 > 077 ?
100 @ 101 A 102 B 103 C 104 D 105 E 106 F 107 G
110 H 111 I 112 J 113 K 114 L 115 M 116 N 117 O
120 P 121 Q 122 R 123 S 124 T 125 U 126 V 127 W
130 X 131 Y 132 Z 133 [ 134 135 ] 136 ^ 137 _
140 ` 141 a 142 b 143 c 144 d 145 e 146 f 147 g
150 h 151 i 152 j 153 k 154 l 155 m 156 n 157 o
160 p 161 q 162 r 163 s 164 t 165 u 166 v 167 w
170 x 171 y 172 z 173 { 174 | 175 } 176 ~ 177 del
The hexadecimal set:
00 nul 01 soh 02 stx 03 etx 04 eot 05 enq 06 ack 07 bel
08 bs 09 ht 0a nl 0b vt 0c np 0d cr 0e so 0f si
10 dle 11 dc1 12 dc2 13 dc3 14 dc4 15 nak 16 syn 17 etb
18 can 19 em 1a sub 1b esc 1c fs 1d gs 1e rs 1f us
20 sp 21 ! 22 " 23 # 24 $ 25 % 26 & 27 '
28 ( 29 ) 2a * 2b + 2c , 2d - 2e . 2f /
30 0 31 1 32 2 33 3 34 4 35 5 36 6 37 7
38 8 39 9 3a : 3b ; 3c < 3d = 3e > 3f ?
40 @ 41 A 42 B 43 C 44 D 45 E 46 F 47 G
48 H 49 I 4a J 4b K 4c L 4d M 4e N 4f O
50 P 51 Q 52 R 53 S 54 T 55 U 56 V 57 W
58 X 59 Y 5a Z 5b [ 5c 5d ] 5e ^ 5f _
60 ` 61 a 62 b 63 c 64 d 65 e 66 f 67 g
68 h 69 i 6a j 6b k 6c l 6d m 6e n 6f o
70 p 71 q 72 r 73 s 74 t 75 u 76 v 77 w
78 x 79 y 7a z 7b { 7c | 7d } 7e ~ 7f del
The decimal set:
0 nul 1 soh 2 stx 3 etx 4 eot 5 enq 6 ack 7 bel
8 bs 9 ht 10 nl 11 vt 12 np 13 cr 14 so 15 si
16 dle 17 dc1 18 dc2 19 dc3 20 dc4 21 nak 22 syn 23 etb
24 can 25 em 26 sub 27 esc 28 fs 29 gs 30 rs 31 us
32 sp 33 ! 34 " 35 # 36 $ 37 % 38 & 39 '
40 ( 41 ) 42 * 43 + 44 , 45 - 46 . 47 /
48 0 49 1 50 2 51 3 52 4 53 5 54 6 55 7
56 8 57 9 58 : 59 ; 60 < 61 = 62 > 63 ?
64 @ 65 A 66 B 67 C 68 D 69 E 70 F 71 G
72 H 73 I 74 J 75 K 76 L 77 M 78 N 79 O
80 P 81 Q 82 R 83 S 84 T 85 U 86 V 87 W
88 X 89 Y 90 Z 91 [ 92 93 ] 94 ^ 95 _
96 ` 97 a 98 b 99 c 100 d 101 e 102 f 103 g
104 h 105 i 106 j 107 k 108 l 109 m 110 n 111 o
112 p 113 q 114 r 115 s 116 t 117 u 118 v 119 w
120 x 121 y 122 z 123 { 124 | 125 } 126 ~ 127 del
FILES
/usr/share/misc/ascii
HISTORY
An ascii manual page appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.
BSD June 5, 1993 BSD