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Remove copyright symbol
I'm trying to parse a RSS feed on the command line. The code works so far but the feed contains a copyright symbol which I try to remove (it is latin1 encoded). How do I remove the copyright symbol ...
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How to convert hex chars to normal chars?
I tried, but I'm stuck at "escaping" the "sed's":
sed -i 's/\\x0/NUL/g' $1
sed -i 's/\\x1/SOH/g' $1
sed -i 's/\\x2/STX/g' $1
sed -i 's/\\x3/ETX/g' $1
sed -i 's/\\x4/EOT/g' $1
sed -i 's/\\x5/ENQ/g' ...
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XML text file with `^@` characters in it?
I have an XML file that I need to parse. When I open it in nano, nano give me the message (converted from Mac format). However between each character, there is a ^@ sequence, like so:
^@t^@h^@e^@ ...
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What is the connection between a gedit bug and a Unix-&-Linux Q/A href?
While answering a Unix-&-Linux question, I observed that Gedit and two other editors, Leafpad and Medit (I tested 12 editors altogether) exhibit the a certain bug. As it turns out, the bug is ...
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How can I test the encoding of a text file… Is it valid, and what is it?
I have several .htm files which open in Gedit without any warning/error, but when I open these same file in Jedit, it warns me of invalid UTF-8 encoding...
The html meta tag states ...
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Filtering invalid utf8
I have a text file in an unknown or mixed encoding. I want to see the lines that contain a byte sequence that is not valid UTF-8 (by piping the text file into some program). Equivalently, I want to ...
