To remove any invisible and special characters from the file(exclude @!#$&*)

UNIX for Beginners Q & A
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Hi Guys,

My requirement is to remove any invisible and special characters from the file like control M(carriage return) and alt numerics and it should not replace @#!$%

abc|xyz|acd���
adc|123| 12��

Please help on this.

Thanks
Rakesh

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Double post. Continue here and heed the advice given there!