Re: Stripping EOL feeds...
ZephyrQ, 2002-Nov-25 23:11 -0600:
>
> Thank you to all who sent options. I tried various commands, including
> the 'cat' command piped to 'tr'. This gave me what I asked for--though
> a little sloppy.
>
> I wish a word processor would make it easier to find/replace such
> characters--just like Word Perfect used to (I assume they still do, but
> I haven't used it since ver. 6)--this made reformatting a breeze and
> allowed me to be creative with some of my macros. Unfortunately, I do
> *not* see any of the current WYSIWYG linux offerings doing the
> same...emacs and vi(m) apparently can get the job done, but they both
> require more expertise than I was able to learn in the time I had.
>
> Again, thanx to all!
Just an FYI...check out this thread which has some suggestions on
using vim and emacs to search and replace special characters.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200207/msg04641.html
jc
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Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
Diggin' Debian Admin and User
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