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?
>
> Thanks,
> Matthew
Hi Matthew
In emacs, you can use the search and replace function:
M-% C-Q C-M <ret><ret>!
This cryptic bit says:
M-% search and replace
C-q C-M Control q allows entry of literal control M
<ret> terminates search string
<ret> make replacement string empty
! make all replacements
(Just as ugly as the vi response I saw. <grin>)
There are also utilities that will do this. I'm sorry I don't
have them at hand.
--Good Luck,
David Teague [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian GNU/Linux: Becuase operating systems should not be expected to
crash.
