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From: rbj@nav.icst.nbs.gov (Root Boy Jim)
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Subject: 386i's MS-DOS emulator and Postscript output
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Date: 2 Dec 88 18:06:12 GMT
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> From:    Jody Winston 

> The dos2unix command that is supplied with the 386i removes the extra
> carriage returns and fixes the end of line character in MS-DOS files, but
> does not remove other control characters that might be found in the file....

Your program has already been written. It is called `tr'. Try:

		tr -d '\004\015\032'

as a filter. Tr also deletes nulls, but you probably don't want to send
them to a postscript printer either.

	(Root Boy) Jim Cottrell	(301) 975-5688
	 or 
	Crackers and Worms -- Breakfast of Champions!