Most unix systems have a program called dos2unix that does the same thing. % man dos2unix % dos2unix sourcefile targetfile
Hth. Sid. -----Original Message----- From: Chris Spurgeon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 5:41 PM To: 'Booher Timothy B 1stLt AFRL/MNAC'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: perl script to remove control M's perl -i.bak -npe 's/\r\n/\n/g' <file> where <file> is the filename you want to clean. A backup copy of your original file will be created in the same directory with a ".bak" extension. ____________________ Chris Spurgeon Senior Design Technologist [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRONIC INK One South Broad Street 19th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 www.electronicink.com t 215.922.3800 x(233) f 215.922.3880 -----Original Message----- From: Booher Timothy B 1stLt AFRL/MNAC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 5:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: perl script to remove control M's I have what seems to be a persistent problem with all files that I import from dos into emacs. I have those control M's all over the place. Does anyone know of a perl script to 'clean' these files? Thanks so much, tim ____________________________________________________ Timothy B Booher, Lt USAF, AFRL/MNAC 101 West Eglin Blvd, Suite 339 Eglin AFB FL 32542-6810 Phone: 850-882-8302 Ext. 3360 (DSN 872-) FAX: 850-882-2201 This e-mail is intended solely for the above-mentioned recipient and it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you have received it in error, please notify us immediately and delete the e-mail. You must not copy, distribute, disclose or take any action in reliance on it. In addition, the contents of an attachment to this e-mail may contain software viruses which could damage your own computer system. While Electronic Ink, Inc. has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, we cannot accept liability for any damage which you sustain as a result of software viruses. You should perform your own virus checks before opening the attachment. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
