lyle@ssbot.af.mil (Lyle A. Steinhardt) (04/16/91)
Hello all you vi gurus, I need to know how to get rid of "\304" character and replase them with a "-" character. I can't find the control sequence I need. This file was uploaded as an ascii file so I don't know how these special characters got into the file. Below is a sample of the file with the problem character present: 596D4403 596D4403 596D5223 596D4091 596D4873 Unfortunately, it looks like the mail processor converted this character to a "D" character...amazing that...anyway I'd appreciate any help you can provide. Lyle Steinhardt <lyle@ssbot.af.mil>
lars@iclswe.icl.se (Lars Tunkrans) (04/18/91)
lyle@ssbot.af.mil (Lyle A. Steinhardt) writes: >Hello all you vi gurus, >I need to know how to get rid of "\304" character and replase them with a >"-" character. I can't find the control sequence I need. This file was >uploaded as an ascii file so I don't know how these special characters >got into the file. Below is a sample of the file with the problem character >present: >596D4403 >596D4403 >596D5223 >596D4091 >596D4873 You got an 8-bit character with octal value 304 in your file. >Unfortunately, it looks like the mail processor converted this character >to a "D" character...amazing that...anyway I'd appreciate any help you can >provide. What did you think would happen when the mailer strips off the eight-bit ? You get a 7-bit ASCII character. To solve your problem, how about: cat filename | tr "\304" "\055" > newfilename Lars. -- Lars Tunkrans Phone +46 (0)76096368. | I C L DRS Systems Support. | UUCP: uunet!mcsun!sunic!iclswe!lars | The leading UNIX System V Release 4.0 DOMAIN Address : lars@iclswe.icl.se | integrator.