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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting sed in script creates output file ending with '?' (^M) Post 302466700 by jennykay on Wednesday 27th of October 2010 05:40:45 AM
Old 10-27-2010
sed in script creates output file ending with '?' (^M)
Hi,

I'm trying to use sed within a shell script (bash, running ubuntu). The command works fine from the command line, but when I use it within the script, rather than creating a file with the name I've specified, it creates one that ends with a question mark '?' when you use ls, e.g. outfile.cvs? and with '^M' when completing the name with tab, e.g. outfile.cvs^M

Here is my sed command:

sed 's/","/";"/g' infile.cvs >outfile.cvs

Because I then call the outfile for the next step in my script, this is a problem. The file itself looks fine.

Thanks for any help.
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

cvs-switchroot

CVS-SWITCHROOT(1)					    BSD General Commands Manual 					 CVS-SWITCHROOT(1)

NAME

     cvs-switchroot -- change repository or tag in a cvs working copy

SYNOPSIS

     cvs-switchroot [-T] newroot [file ...]

     cvs-switchroot [-T] - srcpath [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

     The cvs-switchroot utility manipulates a CVS working copy directly, modifying the information stored in the administrative subdirectory and
     saving space by hardlinking if possible.

     If the -T option is given, the sticky tag is operated on, otherwise, the repository path (CVSROOT).

     The information (Tag or Root) is set to the same as in srcpath if the first non-option argument newroot is a sole dash ('-'), the literal
     value newroot otherwise.

EXAMPLES

     Change all Root information in the current sandbox to /cvs:

	  $ cvs-switchroot /cvs .

     Set all roots in the current working directory and all its subdirectories to the Root of the parent directory:

	  $ cvs-switchroot - .. .

     Hardlink the Tag information in the current working directory, for example /usr/src, and /usr/ports with each other:

	  $ cvs-switchroot -T - . . /usr/ports

SEE ALSO

     cvs(1)

HISTORY

     cvs-switchroot has existed in the MirBSD source tree since 2005.  It was added to Debian's cvs package in 2011.

CAVEATS

     cvs-switchroot depends on mksh.

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