I'm on Linux version 2.6.32-696.3.1.el6.x86_64, using the Ksh shell.
I'm working with the input file:
My sed script "nameState" changes the 2-character state abbreviation to the full state name:
I issued the sed and awk command within the command shell in emacs:
when I edit this file in Emacs I see:
which seems to be the output I want, except that it includes a ^M (carriage return?)
but when I issue the command cat output, I see:-
Why am I not seeing the state in the first field of this file? How can I get rid of the ^M carriage return that the awk command seems to insert?
Thanks for your help!
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