[ale] FAQ alert: Losing ^M

[Jim Popovitch]

Hi Joe,

if you have dos2unix that will work, if not in vi you can use the following
command at the ":" prompt:

       %s/^V^M//

NOTE: the ^V^M pair are 2 keystrokes (CTRL-V and CTRL-M).

hth,

-Jim P.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe at orado.localdomain.private
> [mailto:Joe at orado.localdomain.private]On Behalf Of Joseph A Knapka
> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 1:51 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] FAQ alert: Losing ^M
>
>
> Can someone please remind me of the name of the
> "translate character" command? I need to lose carriage
> returns from a file I brought over from a Winders box.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Joe
>     Any OS distinguishable from Windows is not sufficiently broken.
>
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