Text files on linux have "<97>" characters

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When viewing a particular text file in vim or less on Linux or OS X, all the en dashes show up as highlighted "<97>" characters.

What control-sequence do I need to type in order to substitute the hyphens back? For example, the following doesn't work in vim:

% s/<97>/--/g

Typing bracket nine seven bracket is not the same as typing the actual special character.

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