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Old 09-24-2014
Hammer & Screwdriver Removing special ^M charecters
Hi,

This code works for me
Code:
for file in $(find /path/to/dir -type f); do    tr -d '\r' <$file >temp.$$ && mv temp.$$ $file done

However, i want this code to skip all .class files.

Can you help me with the modified code.
# 2  
Old 09-24-2014
Code:
for file in $(find /path/to/dir -type f ! \( -name "*.class" \)); do    tr -d '\r' <$file >temp.$$ && mv temp.$$ $file done

This User Gave Thanks to pilnet101 For This Post:
Kibou
# 3  
Old 09-24-2014
mv can split linked files.
It is safer to replace
Code:
tr -d '\r' <$file >temp.$$ && mv temp.$$ $file

by
Code:
tr -d '\r' <$file >/tmp/temp.$$ && cp /tmp/temp.$$ $file

Cleanup at the very end with
Code:
rm /tmp/temp.$$

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