Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 19:50:11 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: special charaters (return key) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0204031941590.77027-100000@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20020403203320.X70185-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Peter Leftwich wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Warren Block wrote:
> > perl -pi -e 's/\r//g' crt1.txt
>
> This was going to be part of my suggested rememdy (i.e. to use perl) but it
> seemed too complex. The manpage for "perl" doesn't mention -pi nor does it
> mention -e; Could you explain what this command does? I think there should
> be a simple command to change a file into one long line :)
Erik did an excellent job explaining it. I'll add two other things:
1. The "g" flag after the final slash means to substitute all occurrences
("global") instead of just the first one.
2. The llama or camel O'Reilly books pay for themselves quickly. I
prefer the first; most of the reference information I need from the
camel book is in the man pages.
-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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