Remove ^M characters from xhtml file

Bryan Cassidy b_cassidy at bellsouth.net
Sun Nov 30 18:34:28 PST 2003


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Well, I take that back. It worked on 1 file and then ir started erasing
the contents of the file.

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 21:29:13 -0600
Bryan Cassidy <b_cassidy at bellsouth.net> wrote:

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> Sorry about sending you a e-mail directly. The tr -d '/r' < name >
> newname worked perfect. Thanks.
> 
> On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 19:17:46 -0700
> Robin Schoonover <end at endif.cjb.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 21:16:02 -0600, Bryan Cassidy
> > <b_cassidy at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > > 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?
> > 
> > dos2unix (converters/unix2dos in ports) is an easy route (dos2unix
> > name). Also you can use the tr command (tr -d '\r' < name >
> > newname).
> > 
> > -- 
> > Robin Schoonover (aka End)
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