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Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 14:12:36 +1100 (EST)
From: Steve the teco <steve@red.hot.net.au>
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Subject: removing escape chr (printer)
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Hi All,

I have about 200 files to convert to plain text or better still html.

The problem is the text is full of printer codes
<SNIP>
^[^[&a8R^[^[&f0S^[^[&a4C^[^[&f0S^[*c2221A^[*c95B^[*c15G^[*c2P^[*c4A^[*c1852B^[*c0P^[*c2221A^[*c4B^[*c0P^[*p+59Y^[*p
+200X^[^[(s0p10h0s3b4099TPROJECT
COST^[*p+330X^[*p-20Y^[^[(s0p17h0s3b4099T1999^[*p+40Y^[*p-85XActual^[*p-40Y^[*p+70
X2000^[*p+40Y^[*p-89XBudget^[*p-40Y^[^[&f0S
</SNIP>


Do I need a port or something to clean up this mess.

hope someone can help.


Thanks for your time.

Steve Hutson.






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