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+.th FIX VI 8/24/77
+.sh NAME
+fix \- clean up data
+.sh SYNOPSIS
+.bd fix
+[
+.bd \-bcfhlnoqr
+] [
+file ...
+]
+.sh DESCRIPTION
+.it Fix
+is a filter which reads the argument files or the standard input
+removing ``bad'' characters in the copy on the standard output.
+.it Fix
+optionally makes a report of the problems it finds in the input.
+There are scads of options:
+.s3
+.lp +7 6
+\fB\-b\fP      Bells are bad characters.
+.s3
+.lp +7 6
+\fB\-c\fP      Carriage returns are bad characters.
+.s3
+.lp +7 6
+\fB\-f\fP      Form feeds are bad characters.
+.s3
+.lp +7 6
+\fB\-h\fP      Do the processing which would be implied if the
+input were typed to the system with erase processing character
+control-h.
+.s3
+.lp +7 6
+\fB\-l\fP      Number lines in the report of bad lines.
+.s3
+.lp +7 6
+\fB\-n\fP      Do not produced fixed output;
+only produce a report of problems on the diagnostic output.
+.s3
+.lp +7 6
+\fB\-o\fP      Print bad characters in octal in the report instead of as
+the character `?'.
+.s3
+.lp +7 6
+\fB\-q\fP      With multiple file arguments, don't print file names in the
+report.
+.s3
+.lp +7 6
+\fB\-r\fP      Carriage returns are bad characters.
+.i0
+.s3
+Thus to clean up the file `dirty' after typing it in when you
+thought your erase character was control-h.
+.s3
+.dt
+       fix dirty >clean
+.s3
+To just get a report of the problems in the file dirty:
+.s3
+       fix \-n dirty
+.s3
+To send output to the printer discarding dirty characters:
+.s3
+       a.out | fix | lpr
+.sh SEE\ ALSO
+list (VI), p (VI)
+.sh AUTHOR
+Kurt Shoens
+.sh BUGS
+Null characters are turned into delete characters.
+This can be construed as a bug or as a feature.