Or, if you've perl available: perl -pi -e 's/\r\n/\n/;' [file name]
-----Original Message----- From: C Peter Biessener [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 10:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How to remove ^M character You can also use ASCII mode in ftp, it will translate the line ends for you. BINARY mode is for programs and archive files (zip, tar, tgz, etc...) Simon Barner wrote: > Hi, > > >>I ftp'd a file from windows to freebsd....not its every line has ^M at >>its end. Is there some command in vi (or some way) by whcih ^M can be >>removed. > > > You can use dos2unix(1) for that. There is also the complementary tool > unix2dos(1). > > Simon _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"