For OS X, http://dos2unix.darwinports.com/
-- Jeffrey R. Spies http://www.nd.edu/~jspies/ On Nov 13, 2006, at 11:06 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dennis, > > You can get rid of the '^M' by reformating the > file from DOS to UNIX. Withing a UNIX system > send the command >> dos2unix filename1 filename2. > Filename2 won't have the '^M'. > > Hope it helps, > > Augusto > > > -------------------------------------------- > Augusto Sanabria. MSc, PhD. > Mathematical Modeller > Risk Research Group > Geospatial & Earth Monitoring Division > Geoscience Australia (www.ga.gov.au) > Cnr. Jerrabomberra Av. & Hindmarsh Dr. > Symonston ACT 2601 > Ph. (02) 6249-9155 > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Fisher > Sent: Tuesday, 14 November 2006 9:06 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [R] Embedded carriage returns in text document > > > Colleagues, > > I am using R 2.4.0 on both a Mac (10.4.8) and Linux (RedHat 9). To > read data from an Excel spreadsheet, I do "save as" in Excel, then > select the "Text (tab-delimited)" format. The resulting file uses a > tab separator and I can usually read the file using read.delim. > > Sometimes, the header row contains embedded carriage returns. When I > view the file, these carriage returns appear as "^M". > > Now the problem: > When I read.delim these files, they do not read correctly. Sometimes > I get error messages; sometimes only the first line is read. > Interestingly, invoking the option skip=1 (or a larger N) does not > appear to bypass the problem. > > I can solve the problem by manually deleting these carriage returns > either in the original Excel file or the .txt version. However, > this is not an ideal solution. > > Does anyone have a work-around within R? > > Dennis > > > Dennis Fisher MD > P < (The "P Less Than" Company) > Phone: 1-866-PLessThan (1-866-753-7784) > Fax: 1-415-564-2220 > www.PLessThan.com > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
