Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:32:35 -0500 From: Rob Ellis <rob@web.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remove ^M characters from xhtml file Message-ID: <20031203023235.GB88571@web.ca> In-Reply-To: <20031202225359.GA1125@moo.holy.cow> References: <20031201031602.GA80581@bsdjunky.homeunix.org> <20031202225359.GA1125@moo.holy.cow>
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On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 05:53:59PM -0500, parv wrote: > in message <20031201031602.GA80581@bsdjunky.homeunix.org>, > wrote Bryan Cassidy thusly... > > > > 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? > > Ah, a FAQ of comp.unix.* groups... > > http://groups.google.com/groups?q=remove+%22%5EM%22+file+group%3Acomp.unix.* > > > It pains me not to see even a mention of sed, even though i prefer the > "perl pie" solution myself. To rectify the situation... > > # one way to type ^M is: Ctrl-V followed by Ctrl-M > sed -e 's/^M$//' old > new && mv -f new old > Freebsd's sed has -i sed -ie 's/^M$//' old - Rob
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