How Do I Remove an Extra Character in Unix?
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How do I remove special characters from a text file?

How to remove all the special characters from a text file in Python

  1. Myfile = open(“input.txt”, “r”) #my text is named input.txt. …
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How do you remove special characters from Shell?

The first tr deletes special characters. d means delete, c means complement (invert the character set). So, -dc means delete all characters except those specified. The n and r are included to preserve linux or windows style newlines, which I assume you want.

Alexander Ross

Alexander Ross

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Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.

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