Re: removing ^M from a text file
Pico will strip the ^M but still leaves the ^Z which (sometimes) is at the
end of a MSDOS text file (at least there is only one think to delete).
Bob
On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, John Stevenson wrote:
> I found a useful way of converting a file, simply load it into
> Netscape browser and it will not display the ^M characters.
>
> Then you can print it off or copy (alt-c) and paste the text
> into an editor, or put it into netscape composer.
>
> John.
>
>
> "M.C. Vernon" wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I had the misfortune to be stuck with MSWrite over the vac, and
> > although I told it to save as plain text, it didn't. I can delete most of
> > the cruft, but there is ^M at the end of each and every line. I've tried
> > catdoc, word2x, and sed, but none of them will remove them. Can you
> > suggest anything, please?
> >
> > please cc me as I'm not on this list ATM.
> >
>
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