The ^M also occurs if you ftp an ascii file using Binary method......
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Craig B. Nakata
> Sent: Wednesday 24 April 2002 06:24
> To: 'Nagesh Reddy'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [Perl-unix-users] ^M characters
>
>
> Nagesh,
>
> The ^M is a carriage return it come from Windows. Windows uses a
> carriage return new line (CR/LF) for an end of line. On unix the end of
> line is a new line (LF). To get rid of the CR you can do a "dos2unix"
> on the attachment, if you want to use perl you can do a substitution on
> the carriage return (e.g., s/^M//g).
>
> Hope this helps,
> Craig
>
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Nagesh Reddy
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 3:11 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [Perl-unix-users] ^M characters
> >
> > Hi all ,
> >
> > I have a problem after detaching a attachment from a e-mail ,
> > I am able to see that the detached attachment contains ^M
> > characters appended to each line.
> > Can anyone tell me how do i get rid of the ^M characters
> > in the file detached from a e-mail.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Nagesh.
> >
> >
>
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