By using the following on the command line cat <file.ldif> | tr -d '\015' > <newfile.ldif>
Hope that helps. --- Howard Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I seem to have the same problem. What method did > you use to remove the <cr>s? > > HAJ > > steve hnizdur wrote: > > > Thanks for the response. > > > > The ldif file was created on M$ and so it had > <cr><lf> > > line terminators. Got rid of the <cr>s and > everything > > seems to be OK now. > > > > This begs the question, why didn't the importer > either > > complain about the file format or preferably just > do > > the job? > > > > Hopefully many people will be bringing data from > the > > other side and requiring them to alter the data > first > > presents an unnecessary barrier. > > > > I've not tried importing from Outlook, as I don't > use > > it, but is there a similar problem there? > > > > > > --- Zot O'Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>When I got it to work it took 5 tries. It did > work > >>on an addressbook > >>from netscape. > >> > >> > >>On Thu, 2001-12-06 at 05:57, steve hnizdur wrote: > >> > >>>I have just started to use evolution on a Redhat > >>> > >>7.2 > >> > >>>system with evolution 1.0. > >>> > >>>I have tried to import a file in ldif format into > >>>contacts and nothing happened other than a > message > >>>saying the importer wasn't ready and would try > >>> > >>again > >> > >>>in 5 seconds. No importing was done. I created > the > >>>ldif file from netscape on another machine. > >>> > >>>Are there any issues over the use of this > >>> > >>importer? > >> > >>> > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > >>>Nokia 5510 looks weird sounds great. > >>>Go to http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/nokia/ > >>> > >>discover and win it! > >> > >>>The competition ends 16 th of December 2001. > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > >>> > >>> > >>-- > >>Zot O'Connor > >> > >>http://www.ZotConsulting.com > >>http://www.WhiteKnightHackers.com > >> > >> > >> > > > > ===== > > Regards > > > > Steve Hnizdur > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Nokia 5510 looks weird sounds great. > > Go to http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/nokia/ > discover and win it! > > The competition ends 16 th of December 2001. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > > > > > > > -- > Howard A. Jacobson Poisonous > and non-poisonous snakes > SVP, Sales have similar markings. To avoid > Red Hat, Inc. a bite, > leave all snakes alone. > 919.547.0012 x.300 - Worst-Case Scenario > Survival > ===== Regards Steve Hnizdur ________________________________________________________________ Nokia 5510 looks weird sounds great. Go to http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/nokia/ discover and win it! The competition ends 16 th of December 2001. _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
