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ASCII(1)						      General Commands Manual							  ASCII(1)

NAME
ascii - strip all the pure ASCII lines from a file SYNOPSIS
ascii [-n] [file] OPTIONS
-n Extract the lines containing nonASCII characters EXAMPLES
ascii file >outf # Write all the ASCII lines on outf ascii -n <file >outf # Write all the nonASCII lines on outf DESCRIPTION
Sometimes a file contains some nonASCII characters that are in the way. This program allows the lines containing only ASCII characters to be grepped from the file. With the -n flag, the nonASCII lines are grepped. No matter whether the flag is used or not, the program returns an exit status of true if the file is pure ASCII, and false otherwise. SEE ALSO
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ASCII-XFR(1)							Linux Users Manual						      ASCII-XFR(1)

NAME
ascii-xfr - upload/download files using the ASCII protocol SYNOPSIS
ascii-xfr -s|-r [-ednv] [-l linedelay] [-c characterdelay] filename DESCRIPTION
Ascii-xfr Transfers files in ASCII mode. This means no flow control, no checksumming and no file-name negotiation. It should only be used if the remote system doesn't understand anything else. The ASCII protocol transfers files line-by-line. The EOL (End-Of-Line) character is transmitted as CRLF. When receiving, the CR character is stripped from the incoming file. The Control-Z (ASCII 26) character signals End-Of-File, if option -e is specified (unless you change it to Cotrol-D (ASCII 4) with -d). Ascii-xfr reads from stdin when receiving, and sends data on stdout when sending. Some form of input or output redirection to the modem device is thus needed when downloading or uploading, respectively. OPTIONS
-s Send a file. -r Receive a file. One of -s or -r must be present. -e Send the End-Of-File character (Control-Z, ASCII 26 by default) when uploading has finished. -d Use the Control-D (ASCII 4) as End-Of-File character. -n Do not translate CR to CRLF and vice versa. -v Verbose: show tranfer statistics on the stderr output. -l milliseconds When transmitting, pause for this delay after each line. -c milliseconds When transmitting, pause for this delay after each character. file Name of the file to send or receive. When receiving, any existing file by this name will be truncated. USAGE WITH MINICOM
If you want to call this program from minicom(1), start minicom and go to the Options menu. Select File transfer protocols. Add the fol- lowing lines, for example as protocols I and J. I Ascii /usr/bin/ascii-xfr -sv Y U N Y J Ascii /usr/bin/ascii-xfr -rv Y D N Y AUTHOR
Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl Jukka Lahtinen, walker@netsonic.fi SEE ALSO
minicom(1) $Date: 2006/10/28 14:35:59 $ ASCII-XFR(1)
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