[olug] Unix Tip: REMOVING CONTROL CHARACTERS

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REMOVING CONTROL CHARACTERS

Have you ever faced problem of removing 
Control Characters from Multiple Files,

Here is the solution create script file 
with following entries,
 
vi -c "%s/^M//g" -c "wq" junk1.c
vi -c "%s/^M//g" -c "wq" junk2.c
vi -c "%s/^M//g" -c "wq" junk3.c
vi -c "%s/^M//g" -c "wq" junk4.c
vi -c "%s/^M//g" -c "wq" junk5.c
vi -c "%s/^M//g" -c "wq" junk6.c
 
 
If the filename of this script file 
is "xyz":
 
#./xyz
 
This will remove the control characters(^M)
from all the files junk1.c ... junk6.c 
 
To create ^M = Holding the control 
press 'v' & 'm'.

To create ^H = Holding the control press 
'v' & 'h'.


This tip generously supported by: srikanbn at miel.mot.com




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