Re: [techtalk] dos to unix

2000-09-10 Thread Anmol Khirbat
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Nancy Corbett wrote: > I have a bunch of perl scripts I just inherited and they have a ^M at the > end of every line. I know I could just do a command in vi If you got vim, DO `:set ff=unix' and save your file. bye :) Anmol

Re: [techtalk] dos to unix

2000-09-10 Thread Allen Heinecke
perl -pi.old -e 's/\r//g' filename don't ask where that came from... I just know it will work -Lone -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GED/J d-- s: a20? C+++() L+++ P+++() e N o+ w--- O- M- V- PS+ PE Y PGP++ t+ 5- X++ R++ !tv b+++ DI++ D+++ e h-- r+ y+ --END GEEK CODE BLOC

[techtalk] dos to unix

2000-09-10 Thread Nancy Corbett
I know I've seen someone use a command something like dostounix to convert text docs written with something like notepad, etc into plain ol ascii... I have a bunch of perl scripts I just inherited and they have a ^M at the end of every line. I know I could just do a command in vi to get rid of

[techtalk] re: GDM background

2000-09-10 Thread Andrea
Subba Rao wrote: > I have used XDM with various backgrounds. For GDM, I am not sure how I can > do this. There is no man page installed for GDM. > > Is there a HOWTO for GDM? How can I change my GDM background? > There is a basic manual page located here: http://cvs.gnome.org/lxr/source/gdm/