Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 02:38:41 +0100 From: Andreas Ntaflos <ntaflos.andreas@gmx.net> To: David Loszewski <stealth215@mediaone.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ^M on end of lines Message-ID: <20011103023841.B1564@Deadcell.ANT> In-Reply-To: <003a01c16402$d5101e00$3000b1d8@sickness>; from stealth215@mediaone.net on Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 07:59:46PM -0500 References: <00a401c163fe$94084ee0$0164a8c0@daemon> <003a01c16402$d5101e00$3000b1d8@sickness>
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On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 07:59:46PM -0500, David Loszewski wrote: > > Maybe the question I should be asking instead is, is it normal to see a > crap load of '^M's in a file in FreeBSD? > > Dave No, this just happens if those files are either DOS formatted (wordpad, excel), or transferred via ftp in binary mode (ascii files should be transferred in ascii mode). I don't recall any other reason. -- Andreas "ant" Ntaflos ntaflos.andreas@gmx.net Vienna, AUSTRIA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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