Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 07:55:37 -0500 (EST) From: Dru <genisis@istar.ca> To: Ken Bolingbroke <hacker@bolingbroke.com> Cc: cjclark@alum.mit.edu, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Command to Make "Printable" Text Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101190753480.2934-100000@x1-6-00-50-ba-de-36-33.kico1.on.home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101190116500.23373-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com>
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On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Ken Bolingbroke wrote: And for a good explanation of why, read: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/10/11/FreeBSD_Basics.html?page=2 Cheers, Dru > > The command you're looking for is 'col'. See 'man col'. > > Ken > > On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Crist J. Clark wrote: > > > My mind is going. I know I figured out how to do this in a clever way > > once before, but it is not coming to me now. > > > > I have a file that was, say, generated by using script(1). There is > > user interaction recorded and knowing users, there are things like > > backspaces, arrow keys, tabs for auto-completetion, etc. in the > > recorded input. How do I convert this file into one that just contains > > the characters that show up when the file is printed to the screen? > > > > That is, if I do a, > > > > $ cat script.txt > > This is clean output. > > > > It looks good, but if I were to see what is really there, it looks > > like, > > > > $ cat -v script.txt > > This is not^H^[[K^H^[[K^H^[[Kclean output.^M^M > > > > However, I want to create a file that just contains what "looks like" > > the final output in the first example. If I do, > > > > $ cat script.txt > newscript.txt > > > > All of the non-printed characters go. I know there is a command that > > will do this, 'cause I have done it, but can't remember. > > > > Oh, and anyone thinking of saying something about cut-n-paste... Don't > > even. > > -- > > Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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