Stripping characters out of fields

[Brent Gillan]

If you have access to the POSIX shell from MPE/iX:
First create the data file using Powerhouse, then use the POSIX 'sed' command to
replace the #'s.
ie.  sed s/#/ /g  inputfile > outputfile
     This will substitute all occurrences of '#' with blanks.

"Glenn A. Mitchell" wrote:

> Why not use Powerhouse to create the data file and then just edit the file
> with an editor and replace the offending "#" with spaces?  Given it's just a
> replace, it's an ideal candidate for QUAD.
>
> Glenn A. Mitchell  Mailto:g.mitchell@computer.org
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Brent Gillan
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