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Date:      Sun, 6 May 2001 20:22:00 +0200
From:      Alessandro de Manzano <ale@unixmania.net>
To:        Christopher Leigh <clcont@lubbockcomputer.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how to remove ^M from files with tr?
Message-ID:  <20010506202200.A738@libero.sunshine.ale>
In-Reply-To: <20010506181546.11982.qmail@lubbockcomputer.com>; from clcont@lubbockcomputer.com on Sun, May 06, 2001 at 06:15:46PM -0000
References:  <20010506181546.11982.qmail@lubbockcomputer.com>

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On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 06:15:46PM -0000, Christopher Leigh wrote:

> i *THINK*, i'm not sure if my memory serves me right, but...
> 
> tr -d \\015\\012 < file.txt > file.txt.unix
> 
> worked in linux, but it won't work in freebsd.

Why are you removing linefeeds (\012 , 0x0a, '\n') too ?

to remove ^M (carriage returns, 0x0d, '\r') you just need \015

I did a little experiment here and worked.


-- 

bye!

Ale

ale@unixmania.net

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