Question: How Do I Remove Junk Characters from a Unix File?
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How do I remove a junk character in Unix?

Different ways to remove special characters from UNIX files.

  1. Using vi editor:-
  2. Using command prompt/Shell script:-
  3. a) Using col command: …
  4. b) Using sed command: …
  5. c) Using dos2unix comand: …
  6. d) To remove the ^M characters in all files of a directory:

How do you delete data in a Unix file?

5 Ways to Empty or Delete a Large File Content in Linux

  1. Empty File Content by Redirecting to Null. …
  2. Empty File Using ‘true’ Command Redirection. …
  3. Empty File Using cat/cp/dd utilities with /dev/null. …
  4. Empty File Using echo Command. …
  5. Empty File Using truncate Command.
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