Subj : Re: why I always got extra characters after ftp to linux pc
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Dave
Date : Thu Jul 08 2004 10:32 pm

On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 17:51:10 -0700, hzw wrote:

> I can not understand this issue. I use ftp to put some files to linux
> pcs, some of them always got extra characters like ^M when I opened it
> with "vi -b", but some of them do not have. The more interesting thing
> is that, when I upload same file to two different linux pcs, one has
> the other doesnot. What does this mean, any config can remove this.
> thanks.
> 
> /zhenwu

Are you ftp'ing them from a Windows box, where they originated?  Sounds
like you need to run them through 'dos2unix' first to convert the carriage
returns to unix-style newlines. If going the opposite way, use 'unix2dos'.

--Dave

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