Re: removing ^M from a text file
sed 's/^M//g' <badfile >goodfile
Replace badfile and goodfile appropriately.
Generate the ^M in bash with <cont><v> <cont><m>
HTH,
Brandon
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On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, M.C. Vernon wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I had the misfortune to be stuck with MSWrite over the vac, and
> although I told it to save as plain text, it didn't. I can delete most of
> the cruft, but there is ^M at the end of each and every line. I've tried
> catdoc, word2x, and sed, but none of them will remove them. Can you
> suggest anything, please?
>
> please cc me as I'm not on this list ATM.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matthew
>
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