Special Character deletion

Hi All,
Is there any FM or logic to delete the below special characters from a string
The text looks like this " R |-A^ssing Four ".
I have checked with the FMs : "SF_SPECIALCHAR_DELETE" & "TELNUMBER_REMOVE_SPECIAL_CHAR".
These FMs will delete the spaces between words, i do not want that to happen.
Thanks,
Mars

HI,
FM SF_SPECIALCHAR_DELETE is pretty simple. You can easily make a copy of it and amend it. The line which gets rids of spaces between words is
CONDENSE WITH_SPECIALCHAR NO-GAPS.
So simply just get rid of this line.
Cheers

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or
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This error
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How do I find file names containing special character

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the reason is I am doing a project that transfer files and folders from Mac to Windows. But names containing above characters cant be moved to windows.
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Special character "_" in generic key
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Special character "_" in generic key
Message no. TK287
Diagnosis
The generic key 300DSWPCI_ISSUE_FDBCK 0000000000DCRM_ was entered for the object CRM_SVY_DB_ST. All keys that match up to the asterisk are to be transported.
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System Response
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Hi,
Go through SAP note 711103 & 688363.
Regards,
Sachin Rane.
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i have a question concerning file adapter.
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