[olug] How to remove ^M's from files?
Dave Hull
dphull at insipid.com
Thu Dec 11 16:45:40 UTC 2003
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Adam Lassek wrote:
> The ^M's are put there when you save a text file in Windows; Windows
> uses an extra character to signify a newline.
If you transfer your text files from a Windows machine to a *nix box, be sure
to specify ASCII as the transfer type, that usually removes these during the
transfer.
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Dave Hull
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