deleting ^L in text file 1

[jawon]

I have a text file that shows ^L. I'm guessing this is a page break because when I mailx it and I try to print the email, I get multiple pages. How do I get rid of it? I know I could just use sed and if that's true, how do I identify that character?

 

[vgersh99]

# just for debuggin' - substituing with '<ff>'
# in bash
sed -e &quot;s/$(echo -e '\f')/<ff>/g&quot; file

# in other shells
sed -e &quot;s/`echo '\f'`/<ff>/g&quot;


vlad
+----------------------------+
| #include<disclaimer.h> |
+----------------------------+

 

[PHV]

Try this:

ff=`echo "\014\c"`
sed -e "s!${ff}!!g" FileName.txt >FileName.tmp &&
mv FileName.tmp FileName.txt

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[Ygor]

You could also use tr to delete all instances of ^L (ascii octal 014) in your file...

tr -d &quot;\014&quot; file1 > file2