From: 7stud -- Date: 2012-12-25T18:09:08+09:00 Subject: Re: Character encoding in 1.9 line = "hello\377\373\001 \377\374\001 \377\375\001world" p line regex = /\377[\373-\377]\001/ line.gsub! regex, '' p line --output:-- "hello\xFF\xFB\x01 \xFF\xFC\x01 \xFF\xFD\x01world" "hello world" -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.