unwanted control characters in downloads

[Dan_Jacobson at ATT.COM]

>>>>> On 9 Apr 91 19:53:18 GMT, ldstern at rodan.acs.syr.edu (Larry Stern) said:

Larry> To all: when I download certain files from a Sun/4 (running
Larry> SunOS 4.1), such as a 'man' file, my files contain all the _^H
Larry> and other sequences used in that file. Is there an easy way to
Larry> eliminate this?

pipe them thru "col -b"
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