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Old 11-13-2009
Problem with my file...
Hi all...

I have a text file which i want to move to some remote directory...

when i use command prompt to ftp that textfile,.. after ftp if i check the file by using vi i can see many ^M with the starting and end of each line...

instead if i use grab and drop method to copy that textfile to the required directory then after if check with vi there is ^M as seen before...

what may be reason i'm getting ^M with my file when i use command prompt?
# 2  
Old 11-13-2009
so do you know dos2unix command?
# 3  
Old 11-13-2009
if you dont have dos2unix,

1. open the file in vim,
2. execute the command
Code:
:set ff=unix

3. save & exit

after this you will not get ^M in that file.
# 4  
Old 11-13-2009
The thing is first i should manually ftp the file using command prompt.. then i have a script which uses the file for its further operation...

So is it possible to use anything inside the script which removes all ^M when it takes the file during its operation...

everytime doing vi and using the above mention code is bit tough task... so pls tell me if you have any idea on this...
# 5  
Old 11-13-2009
Assuming that the file comes from a Microsoft platform, use the ASCII option in ftp. You have probably transferred the file using the BINARY option by default because the file was not recognised as a text file for some reason.
# 6  
Old 11-14-2009
So what about, dos2unix ?

Code:
15:10:07 : My Downloads :grep '^M' -l NumberToEnglish.vim # it has ^M
NumberToEnglish.vim
15:10:13 : My Downloads :file NumberToEnglish.vim
NumberToEnglish.vim: ASCII English text, with CRLF line terminators
15:10:19 : My Downloads :grep '^M' -l NumberToEnglish.vim
NumberToEnglish.vim
15:10:21 : My Downloads :dos2unix NumberToEnglish.vim
15:10:28 : My Downloads :file NumberToEnglish.vim
NumberToEnglish.vim: ASCII English text
15:10:32 : My Downloads :grep '^M' -l NumberToEnglish.vim# now it is not having that...
15:10:32 : My Downloads :

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