Re: Removing control M

[Mike Ray]

On 28/02/2014 21:25, Dan Espen wrote:
> > > > > > "Jai" == Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com> writes:
>      Jai> dos2unix is not an emacs command, but a shell command.
>      Jai> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 3:16 PM, peaches20 <watson1724@comcast.net> 
> wrote:
>
>      >> Hi,
>      >>
>      >> I've transferred several dos files to unix.  I now have the
>      >> control M at tne end of the line.  How does one remove this
>      >> globally.  I tried the dos2unis but that is not in my emacs
>      >> commands.
>
> To remove the control M's, just use Emacs normal find replace.
> To type a ^M. type ^Q first.
>
> A normally operating ftp program would have converted line endings
> automatically assuming you used ascii mode (not binary).

Or do thusly:

sed -i 's:\r::' input_file




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