Thanks for all the replies.
% strings FILE > text.txt
works in a pinch.
Warmest Regards,
Tim
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> Have you tried running the "strings" command on the file from
> a shell prompt? Strings extracts any ASCII strings it can
> find within binaries.
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> Will.
>
> From: "Stone, Timothy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> > I've inherited several Quark files on Mac-formatted CDs.
> I'm able to open t
Have you tried running the "strings" command on the file from a shell prompt? Strings
extracts any ASCII strings it can find within binaries.
NAME
strings - print the strings of printable characters in files
Will.
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T
Can you use fgrep or grep that will filter for the regex
for [a-zA-Z0-9] plus any other characters you want (comma? hyphen?)
then read your file, and out to the new file.
PERL could handle this nicely
/B
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