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Old 03-06-2011
Removing Symbols From a File like the copyright symbol

Hi guys,

I have a txt file full of funny symbols like the copyright symbol and other funny ones that get in the way when trying to use sed. For example, not sure if you can read this but I have a line that looks like this:

24(9):995Â*1001 DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1053-2 ©

When I'm using sed to grab parts of this, the funny symbols don't match any regex symbols, even '.'. Like, if I said
Code:
sed -n '/^.*$/p' < example.txt

, then only lines that didn't contain funny symbols would match. Is there a way to get rid of those symbols so that I can get at those lines?

Thanks
 

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ANM(1)							      General Commands Manual							    ANM(1)

NAME
anm - print name list SYNOPSIS
anm [-gnoprus] file ... OPTIONS
-g Global symbols only -n Sort numerically -o Prepend the filename to each line -p No sorting--use symbol table order -r Sort in reverse order -u List undefined symbols only -s Sort in section order EXAMPLES
anm -gn test.o # Print global symbols in numerical order DESCRIPTION
Anm prints the name list (symbol table) of each ACK format object file in the argument list. If no file name is given, a.out is used. Each symbol name is preceded by its value, a section indicator and a type indicator. The section indicators are: U Undefined symbol A Absolute symbol - Other symbol The type indicators are: F Filename M Module name S Section name E External (global) symbol - Local symbol The output is sorted alphabetically, unless otherwise specified. Notice that anm can only be used on ACK format object files (that is: .o and .out files). If you want to get the name list of an executable program use nm instead. SEE ALSO
asize(1), nm(1), ar(1), size(1). ANM(1)
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