Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 10:29:16 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: b_cassidy@bellsouth.net (Bryan Cassidy) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remove ^M characters from xhtml file Message-ID: <200312011529.hB1FTHF01635@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20031201031602.GA80581@bsdjunky.homeunix.org> from "Bryan Cassidy" at Nov 30, 2003 09:16:02 PM
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> > 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? This is because the file was created in MS-land. On your FreeBSd system do: tr -d "\r" < oldfile > newfile and it will clear them up nicely. Note, only do this to text files. ////jerry
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