====== SED - Delete - Delete nroff overstrikes (char, backspace) from man pages ====== sed "s/.`echo \\\b`//g" # double quotes required for Unix environment sed 's/.^H//g' # in bash/tcsh, press Ctrl-V and then Ctrl-H sed 's/.\x08//g' # hex expression for sed v1.5 **NOTE:** The 'echo' command may need an -e switch if you use Unix System V or bash shell.