How to convert ^M appearing at end of line to unix newline?

videsh77 · #1 (**permalink**) 08-07-2007

How to convert ^M appearing at end of line to unix newline?

As I have tried with ^M in 'tr' it replaced ^ to a newline.

Thanks in advance.

matrixmadhan · #2 (**permalink**) 08-07-2007

Code:

sed 's/^M/\
/g' filename

^M - ctrl v + ctrl M

Shell_Life · #3 (**permalink**) 08-07-2007

Code:

tr -d '^M' < input_file

As always, '^M' is entered as ctl-V+ctl-M.

joerg · #4 (**permalink**) 08-07-2007

Hi,
in solaris you can use the command dos2unix or unix2dos.
I am not sure if this can help you?
Best regards joerg

matrixmadhan · #5 (**permalink**) 08-07-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shell_Life

Code:

tr -d '^M' < input_file

As always, '^M' is entered as ctl-V+ctl-M.

But this would delete the ^M characters

But the OP had asked for translating ^M character to a new line

nervous · #6 (**permalink**) 08-08-2007

What is meant by this:

Code:

^M - ctrl v + ctrl M

matrixmadhan · #7 (**permalink**) 08-08-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by nervous

What is meant by this:

Code:

^M - ctrl v + ctrl M

that's a single character

and to display that on the terminal you need to type ctrl v followed by ctrl M

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