rbj@nav.icst.nbs.gov (Root Boy Jim) (12/03/88)
> From: Jody Winston <shell!jody@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> > The dos2unix command that is supplied with the 386i removes the extra > carriage returns and fixes the end of line character in MS-DOS files, but > does not remove other control characters that might be found in the file.... Your program has already been written. It is called `tr'. Try: tr -d '\004\015\032' as a filter. Tr also deletes nulls, but you probably don't want to send them to a postscript printer either. (Root Boy) Jim Cottrell (301) 975-5688 <rbj@nav.icst.nbs.gov> or <rbj@icst-cmr.arpa> Crackers and Worms -- Breakfast of Champions!