Nope -- the file behaves exactly the same after the tr (I redirected it to another file), and still will work only after being vi'd (or probably otherwise massaged, but this is what I know works).
---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | | Ryan Novosielski - Jr. UNIX Systems Admin |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent. | IST/ACS - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 On Tue, 24 Jun 2003, David Bear wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 10:58:39AM -0400, Ryan Novosielski wrote: > > So what is the appropriate way to repair such a file before it gets to the > > printer, then? > > if indeed it is the extra cr chars, you could > > cat file | tr -d \r | ifhp > > or something like that. tr is fast... > > > > ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ > > |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | | Ryan Novosielski - Jr. UNIX Systems Admin > > |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) > > \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent. | IST/ACS - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 > > > > On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Henrik Edlund wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Ryan Novosielski wrote: > > > > > > RN> I am printing via the HP 2500cm driver for Win2k, which sends some PJL and > > > RN> says @PJL ENTER LANGUAGE=PCL3GUI. That's just fine. The problem is that > > > RN> 'file' claims that the file is of type 'data'. I vi'd the file, did > > > RN> nothing to it, saved it, and ran file again -- now it recognizes it as a > > > RN> HP Printer Job Language. The file appears to have the proper PJL header, > > > RN> with the ^[%-12345X -- forgive me if I'm getting that wrong off the top of > > > RN> my head. Unfortunately, though, as printed, file calls it data and runs > > > RN> off a page that says "No conversion available for type 'data'". > > > RN> > > > RN> Any clues here? > > > > > > Could it be the file contain CR (carriage return)? Windows machines puts > > > both NL and CR and end of lines. 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