gistfile1.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby -wKU

src_file = File.new 'soar_7-1-1.xml', 'r'
cln_file = File.new 'soar-cleaned_7-1-1.xml', 'w'
cleaned_data = ''

src_file.each_line do |line|
  cleaned_data += line.gsub(/[^\20-\x7E\s]/, ' ')
end

src_file.close
cln_file.puts cleaned_data
cln_file.close