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Removes Unicode "\u200B" zero width spaces; useful for copying source code from O'Reilly learning books
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strip-zero-width-spaces.rb
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# strip-zero-width-spaces.rb
#
# Removes Unicode "\u200B" zero width spaces; useful for copying source code from O'Reilly learning books
#
# Usage:
#
# strip-zero-width-spaces.rb < original_file > new_stripped_file
STDIN.read.each_char do |c|
print c unless c == "\u200B"
end
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