On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 7:26 PM, L. V. Gandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have made a text file in Linux using echo and cat commands. When I > open the file in note pad, I find files are not having line break, but > having a character in place of line break. Is there any way in echo > and cat commands usage to put windows line break?
If you find that the file is already on a Windows system, and you'd like to convert it in the absence of Debian tools, you'll find that MS-DOS Edit reads Unix formatted text files correctly. You can do the "conversion" by opening the file in Edit and then saving it out again (you will need to make a change to the file in order to save it, say, adding a space and then deleting it). When you save out the file, Edit will append a \CR\LF to the end of each line as Windows text tools expect (while will cause the file to open correctly in Notepad). It's not a satisfying solution, but it will allow you to convert those files you come across on Windows systems that are having the issue you describe (which is common). -- Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
