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Bit seven strip
Strip out unwanted codes with
Paul Overaa's short utility
I use quite a few popular computers and often have to deal with text files
which have been moved across to the ST by transfer programs. The other day some
WordStar files arrived and a quick look revealed that they were document
files.
WordStar's document files are not ordinary ASCII files and one minor
problem is that they use the high-bit (bit seven) as soft-space markers. This
sort of arrangement is often used by word-processor programs. After realising
that I didn't have any easy way of just clearing those high bits I sat down and
wrote a short utility to do it.
BITSTRIP.TTP is nothing fancy, but it does the job, it's free and is easily
modified to do any number of similar conversions. To use it just enter the
source file name, the destination filename and any dummy third parameter, like
this:
<SourceFile> <DestinationFile> <DummyParameter>
Why the third dummy entry? It's for exapansion as the program structure
allows for an extra parameter just in case any other similar utilities might
need it!