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From: tbaird@lsv-is.lifescan-can.com (Tim Baird)
Subject: Re: DOS to UNIX file transfers
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>When I use vi to look at a file that I have copied over from DOS, I see 
>a bunch of ^M characters, but they don't show up when I "cat" a file.  I 
>know they are carriage returns of some sort, but do they cause problems? 

sometimes....

>Also, when I try to transfer a manpage (e.g. man chmod > chmod.txt) and 
>transfer that to dos, I get a bunch of block characters and an unuseable 
>mess.  What am I doing wrong?

try: 
gzcat /usr/share/man/man1/chmod.1.gz | groff -man | ps2ascii > mychmod.txt


this assumes:

1) that the man page is compressed - if not, use cat ISO gzcat
2) that you have installed ghostscript which has the ps2ascii utility

The results are ok if you pull it into an editor with line wrapping....


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>Gordon P. Rios
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