sysadmin Tips » vi http://www.djinns.net Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:12:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 How to remove ^M from files http://www.djinns.net/2010/01/09/how-to-remove-m-from-files/ http://www.djinns.net/2010/01/09/how-to-remove-m-from-files/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:12:57 +0000 admin http://www.djinns.net/?p=74 When you transfered a file from Windows to Linux, you have ^ M characters that appear. This is due to the end line characters on Windows (\ r \ n) which are differents from Linux (\ n). There is some tips to remove them.

  • On vi, in command mode
:%s/[ctrl+v][ctrl+M]//
  • On emacs
M-%
  • From the shell, install tofrodos (on Debian):
$ dos2unix file.txt

$ unix2dos file.txt

The second command do the opposite.

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