# Sanitize Text

> Normalize raw text by removing excessive whitespace, non-printable characters, and standardizing unicode. Use this to clean up text extracted from PDFs or DOCX files before processing with LLMs.

- Skill: `majiayu000/sanitize-text` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add majiayu000/sanitize-text`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/majiayu000/sanitize-text/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Docs & Writing
- Author: majiayu000 (https://skillmd.com/u/majiayu000)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/majiayu000/sanitize-text

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# Sanitize Text

## Overview

This skill cleans and normalizes raw text. It is essential for preprocessing text extracted from documents like PDFs, which often contain encoding artifacts, excessive whitespace, or weird control characters.

## Usage

### Sanitize Script

**Syntax:**

```bash
python3 .agent/skills/sanitize-text/scripts/sanitize.py <input_file> [--output <output_file>]
```

**Arguments:**

*   `input_file`: Path to the file containing raw text.
*   `--output`: (Optional) Path to write cleaned text to. If omitted, prints to stdout.

**Example:**

```bash
python3 .agent/skills/sanitize-text/scripts/sanitize.py raw_resume.txt --output clean_resume.txt
```