On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:04:45 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >Internet protocols use CRLF for new line, as do several PC OS's, *IX use LF. > "veral PC OS's" are getting better. I discovered lately that Notepad works without the <CR>.
<CRLF> was the naive design practice of conflating device protocols with data representation, akin to Machine Carriage Control used by Assembler H. COBOL Did the Right Thing with "AFTER ADVANCING." >What OS are you running sed in? > Mac, Linux, OMVS. The "$" operator gets confused by the <CR>. (Classic Mac OS used "the big key at the right of the home row". Another device convention.) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
