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Old 10-28-2014
How do I list all the files in Solaris which are ^M chars in it?
How do I list all the files in Solaris which are ^M chars in it?

Tried the below, which didnt help
Code:
find . -type f -name "*" -exec file "{}" \; | grep -c CRLF

find . | xargs grep -l "\^M"

Thank you,
Sunil Kumar
Last edited by Don Cragun; 10-28-2014 at 02:52 AM.. Reason: Add CODE tags.
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Old 10-28-2014
In all likelihood, you aren't looking for the two character sequence ^M. Instead, you are looking for the carriage return control character that is entered on most keyboards by holding down the control key (sometimes labeled CTL or CNTRL) while pressing and releasing the m key. The following command on a Solaris 10 or 11 system should find and give you a list of the names of all regular files in and under your home directory that contain a carriage return character:
Code:
find $HOME -type f -exec /usr/xpg4/bin/grep -Fl "$(printf '\r')" '{}' +

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msgforsunil
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Old 10-28-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by msgforsunil
How do I list all the files in Solaris which are ^M chars in it?

Tried the below, which didnt help
Code:
find . -type f -name "*" -exec file "{}" \; | grep -c CRLF

find . | xargs grep -l "\^M"

Thank you,
Sunil Kumar
you can press the Ctrl key and "v" together , then press "m"
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Old 10-28-2014
Excellent, working fine. Thanks a lot for timely help!
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