Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 09:52:32 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: rick hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com>, Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cleaning a text file Message-ID: <19990216095232.J2207@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.990215010943.20451F-100000@dsinw.com>; from rick hamell on Mon, Feb 15, 1999 at 01:10:36AM -0800 References: <19990215201056.19929@welearn.com.au> <Pine.BSF.3.91.990215010943.20451F-100000@dsinw.com>
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On Monday, 15 February 1999 at 1:10:36 -0800, rick hamell wrote: > >> Also, this file has some very long lines which would get truncated >> or unexpectedly wrapped when sent as email. And if there is something >> strange, I have to read it and guess what it should have been. >> >> Maybe someone will come up with something for this particular case. >> I can't believe there's not some little untility for this that's been >> hanging around unloved for years. > > Oy! Ok... how does Greg reformat all those emails? With Emacs. I have a collection of macros which I'm constantly changing to catch up with new tricks that mailers discover. To Sue's original question: it depends on what your text looks like. tr(1) will remove characters if you ask it to. fmt(1) might be useful for wrapping lines. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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