SKIM - skim the ascii text characters out of a file		SKIM(1)

	SKIM rawfile textfile

	SKIM removes non-printing characters from a rawfile and saves the
resulting file in a textfile. All non-printing characters except for tab,
line-feed and return are removed.

	For example, if you wish to recover text from a Perfect Writer[TM]
swap file (PW.SWP), or a .FIN file, and place it in a file called
RESCUE.MSS you would issue the command:

	A> SKIM MYTEXT.FIN RESCUE.MSS <RETURN>

and then the file MYTEXT.FIN will be stripped of all control characters and
placed in a file called RESCUE.MSS.

	WARNING! If you wish to rescue a Wordstar[TM] file, you must first
strip out all the high order bits! This program converts characters in the
range ascii 127-255 to ascii 32, the space (=' '). Wordstar[TM] sets the
high order bit of the last character of every word and so this program will
remove the last character of each word in a Wordstar[TM] file. So, do this:

	A> PIP TEMP.TXT=MYTEXT.WS[VZ] <RETURN>

	A> SKIM TEMP.TXT RESCUE.WS <RETURN>

Hint: If you're working on a file and the machine bombs with a R/O error
and you cannot save your file to disk, do the following. Exit the program
and place a disk with at least 64K of free space on it and hit <CTRL>-<C>
to WARM BOOT the system. Then save the entire memory into a file by:

	A> SAVE 255 MEMORY.ALL <RETURN>

Make sure you have enough room on the disk to hold RESCUE.TXT (about 50K)
and make an editable file by:

	A> SKIM MEMORY.ALL RESCUE.TXT <RETURN>

and then edit RESCUE.TXT with your favorite editor to get your text back.

	Based upon a program by Tony Ozrelic, in Micro Cornucopia, No. 16,
Pg. 28, revised by Matt Curtiss for Stan Sapon on April 10, 1984.