1/29    I have a bunch of ^\ chars in my (allegedly XML) file.  I'd like
        to squash them with perl or php or some such.  How can I?
        \_ I assume you mean "control backslash". Just use perl regex
        \_ I assume you mean "escape backslash". Just use perl regex
           to replace. Regex for escape is \cX where X is character after
           escape sequence. So perl -pe 's/\c\\//' filename -williamc
           \_ tnx, perfect.  (i didn't know \c and the per tutorials i
           to replace. Regex for escape is \cX where X is character after
           escape sequence. So perl -pe 's/\c\\//' filename -williamc
           escape sequence. -williamc
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