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Delete (not replace) non-printable characters

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Nobody/Anonymous
2007-09-28
2012-11-13

  • Nobody/Anonymous

    Nobody/Anonymous - 2007-09-28

    For various boring reasons I often have to scan files for non-printable characters (usually the NUL ASCII character) and delete them. Currently it's a completely manual process because I haven't found an app that will find and replace them away. I notice that N++ has a TextFX Character function of "Zap all non printable characters to #" which does pick up NUL characters, but I'm actually looking to zap them away entirely. I tried the normal find and replace function but it won't actually find NUL characters, has anyone any idea how to accomplish this with N++? Or if not, are there any other editors that will do the job?

     

    • Chris Severance

      Chris Severance - 2007-10-01

      The Ctrl+R find tool will search and replace NUL characters. Use Ctrl-Shift-2 or Ctrl-Shift-@ to put them in.