Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 11:52:17 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: Dru <genisis@istar.ca> Cc: Ken Bolingbroke <hacker@bolingbroke.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Command to Make "Printable" Text Message-ID: <20010119115217.B7958@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101190753480.2934-100000@x1-6-00-50-ba-de-36-33.kico1.on.home.com>; from genisis@istar.ca on Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 07:55:37AM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101190116500.23373-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101190753480.2934-100000@x1-6-00-50-ba-de-36-33.kico1.on.home.com>
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On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 07:55:37AM -0500, Dru wrote: > > > 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 But it does not actually work right for this kind of thing. First, I type something in using shell editing characters as I go. But this is what I see on my screen when I am done, [530:~] script Script started, output file is typescript [501:~] cat <<EOF ? This is a test. ? In this line, I will type some stuff and then kill it with ctrl-D. ? Here I go past the end. ? This line is pristine. ? EOF This is a test. In this line, I will type some stuff and then kill it with ctrl-D. Here I go past the end. This line is pristine. [502:~] exit Script done, output file is typescript Use the '-v' switch on cat(1) to see all of my keystrokes and other goodies, [531:~] cat -v typescript Script started on Fri Jan 19 11:35:59 2001 [501:~] cat <<EOF^M^M ? This is not^H^[[K^H^[[K^H^[[Ka test.^M^M ? In this line, I will type an extra^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^[[Pn^H^[[P ^H^[[Pe^Hxtra^[[K^H^H^H^Htra^[[K^H^H^Hra^[[K^H^Ha^[[K^H^[[Ksome stuff and then kill it with ctrl-D.^M^M ? Here I go past the end and kill with ctrl-K.^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^[[K.^M^M ? This line is pristine.^M^M ? EOD^H^[[KF^M^M This is a test.^M In this line, I will type some stuff and then kill it with ctrl-D.^M Here I go past the end.^M This line is pristine.^M [502:~] ^D^H^Hexit^M Script done on Fri Jan 19 11:37:43 2001 Now use col(1) followed by a look at the output with cat(1), [532:~] col < typescript > typescript1 [533:~] cat typescript1 Script started on Fri Jan 19 11:35:59 2001 [501:~] cat <<EOF ? This is noKa test. ? In this line, I will type PPPxtraKsome stuff and then kill it with ctrl-D. ? Here I go past the endK.nd kill with ctrl-K. ? This line is pristine. ? EOKF This is a test. In this line, I will type some stuff and then kill it with ctrl-D. Here I go past the end. This line is pristine. [502:~] exit Script done on Fri Jan 19 11:37:43 2001 We see that col(1) did not clean things properly. The '-b' switch does the same thing. > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > -- 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
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