Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!samsung!think.com!hsdndev!cmcl2!adm!news From: lyle@ssbot.af.mil (Lyle A. Steinhardt) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Special character 304 in vi Message-ID: <26577@adm.brl.mil> Date: 17 Apr 91 12:53:07 GMT Sender: news@adm.brl.mil Lines: 6 Thank you all for your suggestions. You were very helpful. The solution: tr '\304' '-' < infile > outfile Thanks again. Lyle Steinhardt