On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 09:08:23AM -0500, Wakefield, Thad M. wrote:
> dos2unix didn't remove them
> cat xx > xxx didn't remove them
> strings does remove them
Strings *removes* the 'backspace' chars, but does not *interpret*
them.
So from 'ls secret^H^H^H^H^H^Hponies' you want 'ls ponies' but strings
gives you 'ls secretponies'.
florin
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