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Name: Najib (by Nael_Najib)
Date: August 18, 2006 at 12:18:47 Pacific
OS: Solaris
CPU/Ram: 512m
Product: Sun
Comment:

Hello,

i wonder how do i remove ^M from above 40 file that comes under a directory and subdirectories.

i usually vi the file and user :%s/^M//g

but for such many files.. it is tedious to do.

thanks

Aladimi



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Name: nails
Date: August 18, 2006 at 12:44:39 Pacific
Reply:

There's always the dos2unix tool, but if you want a shell solution, take a look at this link:

http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=1911


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