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On 09/08/17 20:15, Ernie Luzar wrote:
> I have a file that has blank lines with ^M in position one.
> 
> I have this  if [ "$end-line" = "^M"]; then
> 
> 
> Is that the correct way to code that between the quotes?

The question looks like an XY-problem: http://xyproblem.info/

What you need to do with this file?