Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:53:59 -0500 From: parv <parv@pair.com> To: Bryan Cassidy <b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remove ^M characters from xhtml file Message-ID: <20031202225359.GA1125@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20031201031602.GA80581@bsdjunky.homeunix.org> References: <20031201031602.GA80581@bsdjunky.homeunix.org>
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in message <20031201031602.GA80581@bsdjunky.homeunix.org>, wrote Bryan Cassidy thusly... > > I've downloaded a couple of .xhtml files and they have ^M characters > all through it. I tried the col -b < name > newname command on these > files but when I do that it erases the whole document. Any ideas? Ah, a FAQ of comp.unix.* groups... http://groups.google.com/groups?q=remove+%22%5EM%22+file+group%3Acomp.unix.* It pains me not to see even a mention of sed, even though i prefer the "perl pie" solution myself. To rectify the situation... # one way to type ^M is: Ctrl-V followed by Ctrl-M sed -e 's/^M$//' old > new && mv -f new old - Parv --
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