From: Mark Probert <probertm@...>
Date: 2002-10-03T05:29:08+09:00
Subject: Regexp: Stripping out all except ASCII?


Hi.

A simple one, again.  How do I strip out all chars
except valid ASCII from a file?

while line = gets()
   line.sub(/[^\w]/, " ")
   puts line
end

leaves stuff, such as ESC sequences.  Any ideas?
Is there a one-liner for this?

Regards,



-mark.