Short: Strips ANSI & ASCII Ctrl chrs from text Authors: wbow@crl.com colin@cts.com (Will Bow & Colin Thompson) Uploader: colin@cts.com Type: text/misc ________ __ __ / ____/ /__ ____ _____ / / / /___ / / / / _ \/ __ `/ __ \/ / / / __ \ / /___/ / __/ /_/ / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/\__,_/_/ /_/\____/ .___/ /_/ _ | |__ _ _ | '_ \ || | |_.__/\_, | |__/ ___ ___ _____ _ _ ___ __ _ | _ )/ _ \_ _| |_| | / __| ___ / _| |___ __ ____ _ _ _ ___ | _ \ (_) || | | _ | \__ \/ _ \ _| _\ V V / _` | '_/ -_) |___/\___/ |_| |_| |_| |___/\___/_| \__|\_/\_/\__,_|_| \___| Distribution: Freeware Requirements: Arexx Grep (included) ixemul.lib (included) Warranty: Don't be silly. This was a quick hack. Use it at your own risk. Authors: wbow@crl.com colin@cts.com Will Bow Colin Thompson Description: Strips ANSI characters and ASCII control(^) characters from text files. Usage from the shell: CleanUp > Example: You have a text file that is loaded with strange looking characters. You want the strange stuff to go >nil:. Assuming the offensive file is called "unsit.man", and you want to clean it up and send the output to RAM: for safe keeping, call CleanUp like this: CleanUp >RAM:unsit.man unsit.man CleanUp writes it's output to stdout, so if you don't specify a destination (>RAM:unsit.man) the cleaned up file will be ECHOed to the shell. You could give the file a new name when redirecting the output. CleanUp is an Arexx script that behaves like an executable. It can be called from any shell. Installation: Copy CleanUp and Gawk to C: or anyplace in the path. Copy ixemul.lib to LIBS: Money Back Gaurantee If CleanUp won't fix your problem child, try some of the other strippers on AmiNet. If that doesn't work, email us the offending file and we will return a version of CleanUp that will work for you. ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 2052 734 64.2% 27-Nov-94 12:27:46 CleanUp.info 148408 71172 52.0% 06-Oct-94 11:14:00 CleanUp/c/gawk 8700 4811 44.7% 25-Nov-94 14:25:18 CleanUp/CleanUp 3099 1404 54.6% 27-Nov-94 15:08:50 CleanUp/CleanUp.doc 3521 661 81.2% 27-Nov-94 13:32:14 CleanUp/CleanUp.doc.info 148428 77035 48.0% 06-Oct-94 11:13:48 CleanUp/libs/ixemul.library 15170 5838 61.5% 06-Oct-94 11:13:50 CleanUp/LICENSE -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 329378 161655 50.9% 28-Nov-94 14:54:26 7 files