Johann Spies wrote:
  >Several documentation files on the 1.3.1 distribution contains text
  >like this from the Afterstep FAQ:
  >-----------------------------------------------
  >11..  GGeenneerraalliinnffoorrmmaattiioonn
...
  >Is there a quick way to correct this?

sed -e '//s/\(.\)./\1/g' < infile > outfile

The  is actually ctrl-h (backspace).  To type it in as a real character
at the terminal, you will have to precede it with ctrl-v.


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