NAME

fix − clean up data

SYNOPSIS

fix [ −bcfhlnoqr ] [ file ...  ]

DESCRIPTION

Fix is a filter which reads the argument files or the standard input removing “bad” characters in the copy on the standard output.  Fix optionally makes a report of the problems it finds in the input.  There are scads of options:

−bBells are bad characters. 

−cCarriage returns are bad characters. 

−fForm feeds are bad characters. 

−hDo the processing which would be implied if the input were typed to the system with erase processing character control-h. 

−lNumber lines in the report of bad lines. 

−nDo not produced fixed output; only produce a report of problems on the diagnostic output. 

−oPrint bad characters in octal in the report instead of as the character ‘?’. 

−qWith multiple file arguments, don’t print file names in the report. 

−rCarriage returns are bad characters. 

Thus to clean up the file ‘dirty’ after typing it in when you thought your erase character was control-h. fix dirty >clean To just get a report of the problems in the file dirty: fix −n dirty To send output to the printer discarding dirty characters: a.out | fix | lpr

SEE ALSO

list (VI), p (VI)

AUTHOR

Kurt Shoens

BUGS

Null characters are turned into delete characters.  This can be construed as a bug or as a feature.