> On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 05:10:15AM -0400, Abdul Latip wrote: > > > What file are you trying to read. If it is mail coming from fetchmail, > > > there were some change which causes ^M in mail file. > > > > It is ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc-index.txt > > I believe that that file does not have ^Ms. > > Basically, what I am doing (once in a while), to get > > a recent rfc-index file, and merging each rfc description > > (1-3 lines) into one line. The script is actually simple > > and stupid.
The original file is a dos format text file. Dos text files have CR-LF at the end of every line, whereas unix files only have LF. The extra CR is the ^M you're seeing. Obviously awk (mawk?) is not handling the text format properly, instead assuming it is a unix format file. Your belief that the original file does not have ^Ms is incorrect. It does have them, but they just don't show up on most editors. If you edit it with nvi, you'll see them there. I'd suggest one of two things: 1. If your awk is mawk, try installing gawk (GNU awk) and see if that handles dos text files better. 2. Convert the files by removing the ^Ms before running awk on them. This is basically a compatibility problem, not a bug in awk. Matthew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
