Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 11:46:05 -0600 From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sed - remove nul lines from file Message-ID: <c7a8f2d2-493a-6a34-efa5-570f00b5a988@tundraware.com> In-Reply-To: <b21bf201363c34a90ab55c4a05ff8fd7.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> References: <b21bf201363c34a90ab55c4a05ff8fd7.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca>
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On 11/07/2017 11:12 AM, James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions wrote: > > I have a data file created by an ancient proprietary scripting > language called QTP. There is a bug in this program which, on > occasion, manifests itself by inserting output records consisting > entirely of nul (^@) (\x00) bytes at regular intervals. In the > present case every 47th. record consists entirely of nuls. <snip> I don't have the magic off the top of my head, but this might be a good job for 'tr'... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/
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