[plug] stipping characters

[Jon Miller]

Not sure this is it.  I have a file with over 100 lines of text. What I want to do is run the file through a program that will remove characters that are found in other apps (formatting, etc) thereby creating a simple text file.


Jon L. Miller, MCNE, CNS, ASE
Director/Sr Systems Consultant
MMT Networks Pty Ltd
http://www.mmtnetworks.com.au

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure
 is trying to please everybody." -Bill Cosby



>>> sscott at iinet.net.au 8:15:53 PM 8/11/2003 >>>
man strings

On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 20:29, Jon Miller wrote:
> I saw someone strip a file of characters making it a text only file.  I
> cannot remember how or what command was used to do this.  Does anyone know
> of such a process.

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