On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Booher Timothy B 1stLt AFRL/MNAC wrote: > I have what seems to be a persistent problem with all files that I import > from dos into emacs. I have those control M's all over the place. > > Does anyone know of a perl script to 'clean' these files?
You can do this in one line: perl -pi.bak -e 's/\cM//g' <filename> Best way to avoid is to make sure you have your transfer type set as ASCII when ftping files from Windows to Unix. -- Brett http://www.chapelperilous.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Center meeting at 4pm in 2C-543. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]