Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 08:49:55 -0700 From: Robin Schoonover <end@endif.cjb.net> To: Scott W <wegster@mindcore.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie: use <CR> in RE? Message-ID: <20031122084955.00d019ce.end@endif.cjb.net> In-Reply-To: <3FBF845E.7040905@mindcore.net> References: <200311221449.hAMEnNT24343@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <3FBF845E.7040905@mindcore.net>
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On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 10:44:30 -0500, Scott W <wegster@mindcore.net> wrote: > Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > >So why not just use tr? \t should get tabs, as you noted \r gets > >CRs I don't know linefeed off hand, but wouldn't be surprised if it was > >\l. It follows the usual conventions. > > > >There are more things besides -d that you can do with tr also. > > You can do what you want in vi or sed, you just need to escape the first > escape character, eg > sed -i s/\\r//g > vi: > :/s/\\r//g > > Note that with your tr string, you're already 'wrapping' the backslash-r > in double quotes, thereby avoiding shell expansion.. > > You can also use the dos2unix command, although I don't see it in > ports... > converters/unix2dos -- Robin Schoonover (aka End) # # The only cure for insomnia is to get more sleep. #
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