LeRoy D. Cressy on Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:34:50 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [Plug] removing ^M from emacs


Son To wrote:
> 
> I have code created on windows that I want use on emacs. the text file
> created on windows has a ^M at the end of the line when read in from
> emacs. How do I get rid of those ^M?
> 
> tia,
> son
> 
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Hi all,

In the Dos/Windows world text files end each line with a carrage return
and a new line \r\n.  Linux and UNIX on the other hand just end the line
with a new line character \n.  

There is a utility called dos2unix which removes the ^m or what is
really a carrage return character.


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