Re: Stripping EOL feeds...

2002-11-25 Thread Jeff
ZephyrQ, 2002-Nov-25 23:11 -0600: > > Thank you to all who sent options. I tried various commands, including > the 'cat' command piped to 'tr'. This gave me what I asked for--though > a little sloppy. > > I wish a word processor would make it easier to find/replace such > characters

Re: Stripping EOL feeds...

2002-11-25 Thread ZephyrQ
On Sun, 2002-11-24 at 22:34, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > sorry i am not an expert and myself learning to use vim. however, vim > contain search and replace command. so basically we are trying to > replace EOL with nothing. how exactly the command will look - i do not > know :( Thank you

Re: Stripping EOL feeds...

2002-11-25 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 01:04, sean finney wrote: > On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:32:14PM -0600, ZephyrQ wrote: > > I'm trying to format the debian install manual (text version) for > > printing and I'm trying to save a couple of trees. Is there an easy way > > to strip the line breaks so the text

Re: Stripping EOL feeds...

2002-11-24 Thread Richard Hector
On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 17:34, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > replace EOL with nothing. It might be better to replace it with a space, to avoid the last word of one line running into the first of the next. Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: Stripping EOL feeds...

2002-11-24 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:32:14PM -0600, ZephyrQ wrote: > I'm trying to format the debian install manual (text version) for > printing and I'm trying to save a couple of trees. Is there an easy way > to strip the line breaks so the text will come out unformatted? This > way I can reduce th

Re: Stripping EOL feeds...

2002-11-24 Thread sean finney
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:32:14PM -0600, ZephyrQ wrote: > I'm trying to format the debian install manual (text version) for > printing and I'm trying to save a couple of trees. Is there an easy way > to strip the line breaks so the text will come out unformatted? This > way I can reduce th

Re: Stripping EOL feeds...

2002-11-24 Thread Travis Crump
will trillich wrote: On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 10:04:48AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:32:14PM -0600, ZephyrQ wrote: I'm trying to format the debian install manual (text version) for printing and I'm trying to save a couple of trees. Is there an easy way to strip

Re: Stripping EOL feeds...

2002-11-24 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 10:04:48AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:32:14PM -0600, ZephyrQ wrote: > > I'm trying to format the debian install manual (text version) for > > printing and I'm trying to save a couple of trees. Is there an easy way > > to strip the line

Re: Stripping EOL feeds...

2002-11-24 Thread will trillich
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:32:14PM -0600, ZephyrQ wrote: > I'm trying to format the debian install manual (text version) for > printing and I'm trying to save a couple of trees. Is there an easy way > to strip the line breaks so the text will come out unformatted? This > way I can reduce th

Re: Stripping EOL feeds...

2002-11-24 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:32:14PM -0600, ZephyrQ wrote: > I'm trying to format the debian install manual (text version) for > printing and I'm trying to save a couple of trees. Is there an easy way > to strip the line breaks so the text will come out unformatted? This > way I can reduce th

Stripping EOL feeds...

2002-11-24 Thread ZephyrQ
I'm trying to format the debian install manual (text version) for printing and I'm trying to save a couple of trees. Is there an easy way to strip the line breaks so the text will come out unformatted? This way I can reduce the font and print whole pages of itty bitty debian install text