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    copied!<p>I've got a source code file, that started as a copy of some sample code from a webpage. It was created and edited under Windows and compiled with no problems.</p> <p>But under Mac's I get a load of obscure errors, like:</p> <pre><code>../MyProgram.cpp:1: error: stray '\255' in program ../MyProgram.cpp:1: error: stray '\254' in program ../MyProgram.cpp:1: error: stray '#' in program ../MyProgram.cpp:3:4: error: invalid preprocessing directive #i ../MyProgram.cpp:5:4: error: invalid preprocessing directive #i ../MyProgram.cpp:7:4: error: invalid preprocessing directive #i ../MyProgram.cpp:23: error: missing terminating ' character ../MyProgram.cpp:369:6: error: invalid preprocessing directive #i ../MyProgram.cpp:371:8: error: invalid preprocessing directive #i ../MyProgram.cpp:375:8: error: invalid preprocessing directive #e ../MyProgram.cpp:381:8: error: invalid preprocessing directive #e ../MyProgram.cpp:383:6: error: invalid preprocessing directive #e ../MyProgram.cpp:385:8: error: invalid preprocessing directive #i ../MyProgram.cpp:389:8: error: invalid preprocessing directive #e ../MyProgram.cpp:1: error: 'i' does not name a type ../MyProgram.cpp:53: error: 'V' does not name a type ../MyProgram.cpp:75: error: 'v' does not name a type ../MyProgram.cpp:157: error: 'l' does not name a type ../MyProgram.cpp:169: error: 'l' does not name a type ../MyProgram.cpp:187: error: 'i' does not name a type ../MyProgram.cpp:197: error: 'v' does not name a type </code></pre> <p>Looks like the problem is with some special characters.</p> <p>How can I strip them off with *nix command line?</p>
 

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