From: Mark W. (Contractor) <mar...@nr...> - 2009-08-31 14:02:16
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At 09:54 AM 8/31/2009, you wrote: >On Monday 31 August 2009, Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: > >Rondal, > > > > There's also a nifty little program on most *nix boxen > >called "dos2unix." The syntax to use this command line utility is > >dos2unix <original file> <output file>. There are a number of > >qualifiers you can add to the command. Check "man dos2unix". This > >utility takes Windows formatted text files and converts them to Unix > >type text files. > > >Mark; > >I really should have mentioned that in my reply to Rondal. But actually >having the network available on my machine is such an advantage over the long >haul that dos2unix completely slipped my mind. 'tr' also could do that, but >the syntax has always been a problem child to me so I wouldn't foist that off >on a *nix new bee. > >If Rondal runs a net cable to it, he will wonder how he ever got by without >it. Just the ability to fire up an IRC client, and send it off to >irc.freenode.net & /join #emc, and actually have an excellent chance of >talking directly to the guys that write this stuff, will get you answers, >often in just 2 or 3 minutes. > >[huge snippage] > >-- >Cheers, Gene >"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." >-Ed Howdershelt (Author) >The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. ><https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> > >Howe's Law: > Everyone has a scheme that will not work. Gene, I agree on the networking. I was just tossing the dos2unix utility up as a quick and dirty way to confirm that it was a Winders vs *nix file formatting issue. Mark |