Identifying and removing null characters in UNIX
- by fahdshariff
I have a text file containing unwanted null characters. When I try to view it in I see ^@ symbols, interleaved in normal text. How can I:
a) Identify which lines in the file contains null characters? I have tried grepping for \0 and \x0, but this did not work.
b) Remove the null characters? Running strings on the file cleaned it up, but I'm just wondering if this is the best way?
Thanks