Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 20:34:57 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: ann kok <annkok2001@yahoo.com>, FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: special charaters (return key) Message-ID: <20020403203320.X70185-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0204031813590.76705-100000@wonkity.com>
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On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, ann kok wrote: > > how do type the special charater? ^M (return key) I want to remove it on the file > > sed 's/^M//g' crt1.txt > Seems like last time I wanted to do this, the BSD sed didn't understand that a \r should be a return. Perl does, though: > perl -pi -e 's/\r//g' crt1.txt > -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA 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 :) -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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