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From: noddy@desire.apana.org.au (Reagan Blundell)
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Subject: Answer: Uploading and Trailing M's
Date: 16 Jan 1995 18:54:34 -0600
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Brad (syb3@aber.ac.uk) wrote:

> 	You can do this by creating a file containing the following line:

> tr -d '^M' <file1 >file2

> where ^M is actually a ctrl-M (you can create these in vi by hitting ^V
> followed by ^M), file1 is the original filename, and file2 is the file to
> be created. Then type, from UNIX, "source <filename--this one is the file
> you created in the first place>", and file2 will be the same as file but
> without the ^M's.


tr -d '\r' <file1 >file2

will do the same thing.  '\r' is the escape code for ^M, and doesnt
require any special way of entering it into an editor apart from just
typing it.


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