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Old 05-19-2009
how to get rid of ^M in the file
Hi
I have a file wich contains ^M characters, looks like these are from DOS,
Is there a way to get rid of them? Thanks -A
# 2  
Old 05-19-2009
after that many posts you have, you should know how to search the forum. this question is asked many times. at the search box, type ^M and you can see similar threads like this.
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Old 05-19-2009
You can use the utility dos2unix or:

Code:
tr -d '\r' < file > newfile

Regards
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Old 05-19-2009
Thanks a lot, Franklin
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