On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Matthew Dalton wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 05:10:15AM -0400, Abdul Latip wrote: >>> 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.
Well, netscape 4.7 was the culprit :-(. "Shift" "click" will save a file with extra HIDDEN "^M"s. They are hidden, since they will not appear when using vi (why?). I usually use "lynx" for downloading the rfc-index.txt file. > 1. If your awk is mawk, try installing gawk (GNU awk) and see if that > handles dos text files better. Yup, the standard things I do whenever install a new system are: - replace nvi with vim, and mawk with gawk - delete fingerd, telnetd, talkd, emacs, tcsh, nfs-server thank you for all clues, -- Abdul Latip -- Angkasa Internet Junior Staff -- ANGIN.com http://people.WebIndonesia.com/dullatip/ ---------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
