[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I have a bunch of files (est. 200) which were brought over from OS/2 after > being detached from emails (I've not got Debian networked yet here at > work--subject of another post). > > All of them have this control character (^M) at the end of each line, as > seen in vi (which I know v. little about except very basic I/O). These need > to be removed before the files can be compiled. > > I am really hoping there is a way to do this in bulk ... using sed or > something similar?? I am v. new to Linux, so have no grip yet on the more > powerful utilities and/or syntax. (Nor am I a programmer.) Is there a way > to do this?? Thanks!
Install the sysutils package and then you can use the "dos2unix" command (also known as "fromdos") - it does bulk ^M stripping.
