>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 You are correct. Strings returned: AC6509#sho proc cpu | e 0.0. AC6509#sho te h However, Nate's "col -b" does work. I double-checked this time. Thanks Nate. Thad