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Re: replacing non-printable character \377
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: replacing non-printable character \377 |
Date: |
Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:45:41 +0200 |
> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:33:48 -0800 (PST)
> From: Owen McGonagle <omcgonagle@yahoo.com>
>
> I am looking for a simple replace-regexp command that will replace all my
> non-printable characters that show up as \377 with the single character 'u'
> I have searched around for a good example - maybe it is my limited
> understanding
> of regular expressions - I have tried a few, with no luck.
If you need to replace a single character, why do you need to use
regexps?
Doesn't "M-% C-q 377 RET u RET" do the job? (You may need to visit
the file with "M-x find-file-literally RET" for this to work.)