Hi Paul.
> A while back I saw a thread regarding a way to remove all CR's
> from text files created under MSDOS. I have a very large text
> file that I want to use in my TNOS Linux BBS and in the Crisp
> editor it shows a CR at the end of each line!
> Does anyone know a quick and easy way to remove all these CR's?
> I'm using Caldera Open Linux Base 1.1 Any and all hints and tips
> are most welcome!
I know the following methods:
1. ftp to localhost (or wherever) and use ASCII mode to transfer
the files. That's designed for this job.
2. Try the following script:
cat /dos/document.txt \
| tr '\r' ' ' \
| sed 's/ *$//' > ~/document.txt
This latter one also strips all trailing spaces off lines.
3. I believe the mtools package has a utility to do this, but as I
have never used it, I can't confirm this...
Hope this helps...
Best wishes from Riley.
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