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Mike Pennington
Asked: 2012-09-19 14:26:07 +0800 CST

Removing control characters from a text file

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I started a unix keystroke log with script temp.txt; however, it captures my keystrokes verbatim (backspaces, arrows, etc...). What is the best way to remove the control characters from a file named temp.txt that I created with script temp.txt?

NOTE: I am answering my own question

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  1. Best Answer

    This does the job...

    cat temp.txt | col -bx > no_control_chars.txt
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