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Special Forums UNIX and Linux Applications get rid of special characters Post 302219229 by quine on Monday 28th of July 2008 01:33:43 PM
Old 07-28-2008
It's real DATA ANALYSIS!

Why are you using "ls -l" if all you want is the names? Try ls -1.. That will simplify things for you... As for the special characters, get used to "od" Octal Dump.... Look at the hex values... try

ls -1 | od -cx > somefile

Then you can actually see what values are in those "unprintable" columns. Impossible to tell from what you write here because every character set interprets those values differently.... Once you know what the characters really are (in hex) you can come up with a way of eliminating them... Still, I don't know what RHEL is... Is it real unix?
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stanza

stanza(4)						     Kernel Interfaces Manual							 stanza(4)

NAME

       stanza - Stanza file format

SYNOPSIS

       stanza

DESCRIPTION

       A stanza file format is used in conjunction with the libAF(3) stanza file library.

       The  stanza file syntax rules are as follows: Separate entries by one or more blank lines.  A colon (:) terminates a entry name.  A newline
       terminates an attribute name and value pair.  Separate a attribute name and attribute value with an equal sign (=).  Separate more than one
       attribute  value  with  a comma (,).  Entry names and attribute names can contain any printable character, except whitespace, a newline, or
       special characters, unless specified appropriately.  Entry attribute values can contain any printable character, except a newline  or  spe-
       cial  characters, unless specified appropriately.  Trailing blanks or tabs are allowed at the beginning or end of lines.  A number sign (#)
       at the beginning of a line indicates a comment.	Comments should be included only at the beginning or the end of an entry.

       The syntax for a stanza file entry is as follows:

       entry_name:
		Attribute1_name = Attribute1_value
		Attribute2_name = Attribute2_value
		Attribute3_name = Attribute3_value1, Attribute3_value2
	.
	.
	.

       The entry_name variable specifies the entry name.  The attributes for the entry are specified with  the	Attribute1_name,  Attribute2_name,
       and Attribute3_name variables.  The values for the attributes are specified with the Attribute1_value, Attribute2_value, Attribute3_value1,
       and Attribute3_value2 variables.

       Several special quoting characters allow attribute values to contain special values and data representations.  If  you  specify	a  quoting
       character, surround the attribute value with quotes.  For example, to specify an octal value use the slash character: 07

RELATED INFORMATION

       Commands: sysconfigdb(8), cfgmgr(8)

       Functions: libAF(3)

       Files:  /etc/sysconfigtab(4) delim off

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