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From: bhj@bhjat.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Invisible Ascii with VI
Message-ID: <150@bhjat.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 26-Sep-87 19:28:13 EDT
Article-I.D.: bhjat.150
Posted: Sat Sep 26 19:28:13 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 27-Sep-87 23:38:27 EDT
References: <258@unx1.UUCP>
Organization: BHJ Associates, Nashua, NH
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Summary: removing those derned ^Ms

In article <258@unx1.UUCP>, andy@unx1.UUCP (Andy Clews) writes:
> Specifically: I sometimes get files from a net source that have an "extra"
> CR tacked on the end of the line, and VI shows them as ^M on the screen.

Try using "tr" from the shell... works for me...

Burt Janz
BHJ Associates
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