Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 21:43:48 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ^M on end of lines Message-ID: <20011102214348.B9504@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <001a01c163de$041466e0$3000b1d8@sickness>; from stealth215@mediaone.net on Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 03:36:12PM -0500 References: <001a01c163de$041466e0$3000b1d8@sickness>
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On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 03:36:12PM -0500, David Loszewski wrote: > Everytime I copy a file over or download a file from the internet, when > I open it up there is a '^M' on the end of every line of that file. Why > would this happening and how could I fix it? > > Dave > Mmm, sounds like they are Dos text format files, Dos puts carriage-return(^M> line-feed(^J) at the end of every line, whereas Unix only outs ^J. This could happen I guess if they are text files being downloaded as binary (image) format files. Just a guess.. -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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