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> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 3:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Text file created from the keyboard is DOS termninated > > > I am set up for "Unix" rather than "DOS" and created a text > file directly from the keyboard by typing > > $ cat > textfile > this is line1 <press Enter> > this is line2 <press Enter> > <press Ctrl-D> > $ > > It turns out that the two-line file textfile created by this > method, is DOS-terminated. I was kind of thinking it would > (should?) be Unix-terminated. I know there are 100 threads on > line termination, but in contexts more sophisticated than > this. Please can somebody tell me whether this is a bug; or > meant to happen (if so, why); or comment with assurance that > my "Unix" set-up must be faulty in some way (correctable?) > > Thank you. By the way, if I try > > $ cat > textfile << X > > this is line1 <press Enter> > > this is line2 <press Enter> > > X <press Enter> > $ > > (where > is the provided prompt) then the two-line file > textfile is Unix-terminated. > > Fergus > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/