Replacing non-printable characters...

[bondtrails]

Hi all,
This newbie needs some help. I've been playing with AWK and SED and am trying to figure out how to replace all non-printable characters with a "."

Actually, can someone tell me how in AWK or SED, I can replace any ASCII characters in the range of 0 - 31 (x0 - x1F), but not the line feed (\n), with a "." ?

Thanks so much for your help!!

Bondster!!

 

[PHV]

man tr

Hope This Helps, PH.
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