#!/usr/bin/perl -w -i
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# Remove non printable characters from an ascii text file
# Author: Chris Rouch
# Date: 18/10/2001
# Changelog:
# Copyright (c) Chris Rouch 2001
#
#     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
#     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
#     the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
#     (at your option) any later version.
# 
#     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
#     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
#     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
#     GNU General Public License for more details.
# 
#     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
#     along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
#     Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
#     or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt
##############################################################################
use strict;
# program begins here

while(<>) {
    # this matches on \n \t and all characters between space and ~ and then
    # deletes everything else
    tr/\n\t -~//cd;
    print;
}
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