On Tuesday 09 November 2004 00:00, David Jardine wrote: > On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 11:26:55PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote: [...] > > Wouldn't > > $ tr '\r\n' '\n' < dosfile > unixfile > > > > do it? > > For me that doubles each newline, but I can't see why. But > > $ tr -d '\r' < dosfile > unixfile > > seems to do it. [...]
All goes to show I should RTFM before posting. I had only used tr for mac-unix and unix-mac before, so I was guessing. -d is obviously logical (after reading the man page). -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]