Removing control-Ms (^M)


 
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Old 03-02-2006
Removing control-Ms (^M)

Anyone know how to remove ^M's from a text file using sed command?
# 2  
Old 03-02-2006
You just have to remove the last character since its the last ...
Code:
sed -e 's/.$//g' file > file2

# 3  
Old 03-02-2006
No, i'm returning a record from the DB, and one of the fields has ^Ms contained within it. This means it won't be the last character unfortunately.
# 4  
Old 03-02-2006
Code:
sed 's/^M// file    # Press Ctrl-V then Ctrl-M to get ^M

# 5  
Old 03-03-2006
for anyone that wants to know i found a different piece of code to use

#*********************************************************
# CHANGE LOG:
# DATE PERSON COMMENT
# ----------- ----------- -----------
# 28 FEB 2006 DARREN KANE CREATED
#*********************************************************

FILE=$1

/bin/tr -d '\015' < $FILE > t.$$
/bin/mv -f t.$$ $FILE
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Old 03-03-2006
unix2dos
dos2unix
# 7  
Old 03-06-2006
or, dependant on your system

ux2dos
dos2ux
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