Re: removing ^M from a text file
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On Tue, 12 Jan 1999 15:13:41 +0000 (BST), M.C. Vernon wrote:
> 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?
Well, since everyone piped up with an answer for their favorite editor,
here's the answer for mine. In joe it is ^KR, `m, r, <CR>. That' will do a
search and replace, look for all ^M, replace with nothing.
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