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Date:      Sun, 30 Nov 2003 19:17:46 -0700
From:      Robin Schoonover <end@endif.cjb.net>
To:        Bryan Cassidy <b_cassidy@bellsouth.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Remove ^M characters from xhtml file
Message-ID:  <20031130191746.09011caf.end@endif.cjb.net>
In-Reply-To: <20031201031602.GA80581@bsdjunky.homeunix.org>
References:  <20031201031602.GA80581@bsdjunky.homeunix.org>

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On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 21:16:02 -0600, Bryan Cassidy <b_cassidy@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
> 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?

dos2unix (converters/unix2dos in ports) is an easy route (dos2unix name). 
Also you can use the tr command (tr -d '\r' < name > newname).

-- 
Robin Schoonover (aka End)
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