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Date:      Thu, 8 Nov 2001 19:57:26 +0200
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr>
To:        David Loszewski <stealth215@mediaone.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ^M on end of lines
Message-ID:  <20011108195726.C775@hades.hell.gr>
In-Reply-To: <003a01c16402$d5101e00$3000b1d8@sickness>
References:  <00a401c163fe$94084ee0$0164a8c0@daemon> <003a01c16402$d5101e00$3000b1d8@sickness>

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On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 07:59:46PM -0500, David Loszewski wrote:
>
> Maybe the question I should be asking instead is, is it normal to see a
> crap load of '^M's in a file in FreeBSD?

Yes, it is.  There is no distinction of `binary' and `text' files in
Unix.  All files are just collections of data bytes, that happen to
co-exist in a sequential stream called `a file'.

Unix does not care what you put in your files.  It's up to you to
define their interpretation as `normal' or `abnormal' :)


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