You can use my Qreplace.exe from web site. [Big Grin]

Octal character replacement:

qreplace test.kix "\050" ""

or hex

qreplace test.kix "\x29" ""

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THESE EXAMPLES REMOVE LEFT AND THEN RIGHT PARENS FROM A FILE.

See http://asciitable.com

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[ 01. October 2003, 00:08: Message edited by: Howard Bullock ]
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