Try \x{8a0} instead. I think that \x normally accepts only two following characters, so you have to use \x{} for long hexadecimal numbers.
-A
On Mar 5, 2011, at 20:22 , Mike Miller wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Mar 2011, Jonah wrote:
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>> Who wants to contribute to a list, when it may spiral off into some off-topic agonizing showboating?
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> I'd do it. I like it if people stay on topic, but sometimes threads spin off into some random direction. It doesn't kill me.
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> For example, you are writing about your personal feelings about religion appearing on a technical Linux list, but I'm changing the subject because I noticed a character in a text file that emacs described as follows:
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> 2208, #o4240, #x8a0
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> I'm trying to figure out how to use perl to remove such characters from a text file. It seems like it would be easy using something like s/\x8a0//, but that isn't it. Anyone know?
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> Mike
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