Req: Text cleaner

[ms]

W98SE

Every so often, I see a file like this:

* XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX *
* XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX *

etc.

How to save "just" the text between the asterisks- *....*

Mike Sa

 

[John Rampling]

Delete the asterisks

 

[Olaf Greck]

W98SE

Every so often, I see a file like this:

* XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX *
* XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX *

etc.

How to save "just" the text between the asterisks- *....*

Mike Sa

grep ^* filename | awk '{print $2}'


HTH

best regards

Olaf

 

[dadiOH]

W98SE

Every so often, I see a file like this:

* XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX *
* XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX *

etc.

How to save "just" the text between the asterisks- *....*

Mike Sa

Goodness, whereever do you see those?

Use any decent text editor and replace the asterisks with nothing. Then
save.


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[ms]

Goodness, whereever do you see those?

Use any decent text editor and replace the asterisks with nothing. Then
save.

Edxor does replace, but it is difficult to enter what to delete when the asterisks
are at line endings and all the way down the page.

Mike Sa

 

[jmatt]

Have a look at these Mike.

HovText
http://hovklan.com/hovtext/index.php/?page=features&lang=en

PureText
http://www.stevemiller.net/apps/

TextExtract
http://www.ultima-thule.co.uk/

 

[Yrrah]

I don't see the problem

Just delete " *" and "* " i.e. what's between "".

Yrrah

 

[miskairal]

ecleaner will do this.
In the screenshot on this page (found in the clean menu - options)
http://stuff.goatdairying.com/programs/ecleaner.html
all you have to do is change

|: to *

Check the first box, also clean symbols from end of line
Uncheck the second box, Perform word wrap

Copy and paste the text into ecleaner and then click the smiley face
Return to your text document and click paste (no need to copy the
altered text in ecleaner first)

eCleaner
http://ecleaner.tripod.com/

Hope that is what you are after.
miskairal

 

[ms]

W98SE

Every so often, I see a file like this:

* XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX *
* XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX *

etc.

How to save "just" the text between the asterisks- *....*

Mike Sa

Thanks to all, programs to look at!

That's a new trick for eCleaner, one of my favorite utils.

Mike Sa