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Subject: Re: how to view .ascii file?
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On Monday 23 August 2004 07:17, Jay O'Brien wrote:
> I'm trying to read the 'paper.ascii' file contained in
> /usr/share/doc/psd/12.make/paper.ascii.gz and it is
> a mess. This is a tutorial on "make". I've unzipped
> the file in a WinXP machine and I can't find a display
> tool that will not show the formatting stuff in the file.

If you wish to clean it up, so it can be read by any editor, try:

    lynx -dump paper.ascii > paper.txt

lynx seem to do a slightly better job than less and more.  Although that 
may be due to my terminal.