convert data file to text or ascii file

[mw_4]

Hi guys..
I have a problem with reading data file..
when I read the file using vi or cat. a few lines and control characters are shown
like "_^He_^Hs" nd "_^Hp_^Hr" etc. I attached that file
how can I convert the file to read it?
Post that solution thanks.

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

If you want to remove special or ctrl characters, you can do any of the following to strip into pure text or ascii:

1) Use strings:

# strings infile > outfile

2) Use col:

# cat infile | col -b > outfile

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Your best bet is to use od -Ad -t c myfile | pg
to view the file. It will display the printable ASCII and octal values for other characters.

Man od for details.

[MANOJ SRIVASTAVA]

Hi MW

you may like to use mutilple sed's like I tried these 3 to get o/p.

#cat test | sed -e "1,$ s/\^//g"|sed -e "1,$ s/\;//g"|sed -e "1,$ s/\]//g"

C
console\263Rbonline<\334`Dpts/2192.168.1.170<\333?Jpts/2192.168.1.170ts/3zerg<\204Mdpts/2192.168.1.160K?pts/2211.237.50.246K?pts/2211.237.50.246
\263!Spts/6online\263!8pts/6online..



Manoj Srivastava

[Mark Greene_1]

try this:

tr -d [:cntrl:] new_file

HTH
mark