[lug] Beautify in vi

[Holshouser, David]

For unix<->dos file transfers, make sure you switch to ascii mode before you
transfer the file.
This will eliminate all <cr><lf> issues.


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Carlos Hernández López [SMTP:chernanl at banxico.org.mx]
> Sent:	Thursday, March 29, 2001 6:07 PM
> To:	lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject:	Re: [lug] Beautify in vi
> 
> Something similar happens when you transfer files from linux to win. Have
> you tried with todos?
> 
> todos < linuxfile.txt > dosfile.txt  and then transfer.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> John Hernandez wrote:
> 
> > He's right indeed.  Duh.
> >
> > So, that's <ctrl-v><ctrl-m> between the leaning toothpicks.  The literal
> carret (^) in a regex means "at the beginning of a line,"
> > which is not what you want.
> >
> > "Holshouser, David" wrote:
> > >
> > > It's slightly more difficult than that in my experience.
> > > :%s/^v^m//g
> > >
> > > the ^v says don't look at my next keystroke, just trust me.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: John Hernandez [SMTP:John.Hernandez at noaa.gov]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 3:45 PM
> > > > To:   lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> > > > Subject:      Re: [lug] Beautify in vi
> > > >
> > > > :%s/^M//g
> > > >
> > > > John Starkey wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I have several files that I transfered from linux to FreeBSD. On
> the
> > > > > FreeBSD server the command chars are showing up. Mainly ^M. I saw
> that
> > > > > set: beautify is supposed to clean those out. But it isn't and I
> found
> > > > > one doc that says it only does so when reading into a file. I
> tried
> > > > > creating a new file and reading the old one into it. Still no
> luck.
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyone know of something I could do to strip these automatically?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > John
> > > > >
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