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# 8  
Old 07-26-2010
Can you post the output of:
Code:
head -2 your_file | od -An -t a

Please use code tags!
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# 9  
Old 07-26-2010
I'm using putty also.

I did not know about that, very handy.


Code:
head -2 your_file | od -An -t a

Last edited by Ikon; 07-26-2010 at 04:00 PM..
# 10  
Old 07-26-2010
Hi, I get a parsed output of the letters when I use that code. What is the code supposed to do?

Really appreciate you guys' help, I'm a real newbie with UNIX.
# 11  
Old 07-26-2010
He wants to see if there are any special characters in your file causing the odd output. Please post the output.
# 12  
Old 07-26-2010
This is the output I get:

Code:
 s   n   a   v   0   0   0   1  ht   M   i   k   e  sp   S   m
   i   t   h  sp   l   i   v   e   s  sp   o   n  sp   1   3   5
   9  sp   T   u   r   n   e   r  sp   A   v   e   n   u   e   .
  ht   m   i   k   e  sp   s   m   i   t   h  sp   l   i   v   e
   s  sp   o   n  sp   t   h   i   r   t   e   e   n  sp   f   i
   f   t   y   -   n   i   n   e  sp   t   u   r   n   e   r  sp
   a   v   e   n   u   e   .  cr  nl   s   n   a   v   0   0   0
   2  ht   D   a   v   i   d  sp   M   i   l   l   e   r  sp   l
   i   v   e   s  sp   o   n  sp   2   4   6   8  sp   O   c   e
   a   n  sp   B   o   u   l   e   v   a   r   d   .  ht   d   a
   v   i   d  sp   m   i   l   l   e   r  sp   l   i   v   e   s
  sp   o   n  sp   t   w   e   n   t   y   -   f   o   u   r  sp
   s   i   x   t   y   -   e   i   g   h   t  sp   o   c   e   a
   n  sp   b   o   u   l   e   v   a   r   d   .  cr  nl

# 13  
Old 07-26-2010
Looks like a dos/win file, remove the CR's first with tr, try this:
Code:
tr -d '\r' < file | sed 's/[,.]*$/./'

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# 14  
Old 07-26-2010
Thank you! I used Franklin's cleanup code and then both of your codes worked! Many many thanks!
 
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