09-06-2014
Looks like two times the UTF-8 three byte representation of 0x2592 - a faint memory alludes that these could be MAC control chars.
Why don't you delete them awk 'NR==1 {$0=substr($0,7)}1' file?
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tapset::string
tapset::string(3stap) tapset::string(3stap)
NAME
tapset::string - systemtap string tapset
DESCRIPTION
strlen Returns the length of a string
See function::strlen(3stap)
for details.
substr Returns a substring
See function::substr(3stap)
for details.
stringat
Returns the char at a given position in the string
See function::stringat(3stap)
for details.
isinstr
Returns whether a string is a substring of another string
See function::isinstr(3stap)
for details.
text_str
Escape any non-printable chars in a string
See function::text_str(3stap)
for details.
text_strn
Escape any non-printable chars in a string
See function::text_strn(3stap)
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- strtol
Convert a string to a long
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isdigit
Checks for a digit
See function::isdigit(3stap)
for details.
SEE ALSO
function::strlen(3stap), function::substr(3stap), function::stringat(3stap), function::isinstr(3stap), function::text_str(3stap),
function::text_strn(3stap), function::-(3stap), function::strtol(3stap), function::isdigit(3stap), stap(1), stapprobes(3stap)
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--- tapset::string(3stap)