Re: Re: ^M gets added to the end of the line while replacing strings

I am working on a RED-HAT 7.3 and the file originated on a windows 2000 system. But before I executed the command I opened the file on a vi editor and did not see any ^M characters. Also I just now tried to create a new file using vi editor and then tried the same command. Now I did not see any ^M characters. So you are right, the one-liner is fine. So maybe it has got something to do with the file being originated in wondows. Thanks for your help.

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Re: Re: Re: ^M gets added to the end of the line while replacing strings by sauoq (Abbot) on Jul 08, 2003 at 00:33 UTC
So maybe it has got something to do with the file being originated in wondows. Yes, it has everything to do with that. The `dos2unix` utility is your friend. You can fix it with perl too using a command like like: `perl -i.bak -pe 's/\r\n/\n/' file.txt` [download] BTW, vi tries to be smart about whether it displays those ^M characters... which is probably why you didn't see them the first go around. -sauoq "My two cents aren't worth a dime.";	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: ^M gets added to the end of the line while replacing strings by bobn (Chaplain) on Jul 08, 2003 at 01:11 UTC
'vi' on linux is actually vim, and it "helps" by dealing with ^M characters transparently. To have vim show them with the ^M display you're used to, use `vim -C name_of_win_file`. --Bob Niederman, http://bob-n.com	[reply]