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<U+FEFF> character showing up in files. How to remove them?
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gistfile1.txt
1) In your terminal, open the file using vim:
vim file_name
2) Remove all BOM characters:
:set nobomb
3) Save the file:
:wq
// taken from:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7297888/ufeff-character-showing-up-in-files-how-to-remove-them
Another recipe using awk
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1068650/using-awk-to-remove-the-byte-order-mark
awk '{ if (NR==1) sub(/^\xef\xbb\xbf/,""); print }' INFILE > OUTFILE
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