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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to remove special characters from each line? Post 302333960 by otheus on Tuesday 14th of July 2009 11:22:19 AM
Old 07-14-2009
You can pipe through tr -dc '[[:print:]]' if character classes are supported. Something similar will work with sed.

You can give this a try:
Code:
sed -i 's/[^[:print:]]/g'

 

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GST-CONVERT(1)							   User Commands						    GST-CONVERT(1)

NAME
gst-convert - Smalltalk syntax converter and beautifier DESCRIPTION
Usage: gst-convert [OPTION]... [INFILE [OUTFILE]] gst-convert [OPTION]... -o|--output OUTFILE INFILES OPTIONS
-q, --quiet don't show any message -v, --verbose print extra information while processing -f, --format=FORMAT convert from given input format (supported formats are gst, gst2, sif, squeak) -F, --output-format=FORMAT convert to given output format (supported formats are gst, gst2, squeak) -C, --class=REGEX convert only classes matching REGEX -C, --class=+REGEX in addition, convert classes matching REGEX -C, --class=-REGEX do not convert classes matching REGEX -c, --category=REGEX convert only classes whose category matches REGEX -c, --category=+REGEX in addition, convert those whose category matches REGEX -c, --category=-REGEX do not convert classes whose category matches REGEX -r, --rule='CODE->REPL' look for CODE and replace it with REPL -o, --output OUTFILE concatenate multiple input files into a single converted output file --help display this message and exit --version print version information and exit SEE ALSO
The full documentation for gst-convert is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and gst-convert programs are properly installed at your site, the command info gst should give you access to the complete manual. gst-convert version 3.2.4 December 2011 GST-CONVERT(1)
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