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ux2dos question

harikrishna — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 00:56:46 GMT

while i am converting unix file format to dos using ux2dos command , a carriage return is added to the converted file at the end.Is there any chance to remove that carriage return.

I am using
ux2dos hai.doc > hai1.doc

Re: ux2dos question

Rajeev Shukla — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 01:11:14 GMT

Hi,
You are seeing the carriage return because you are trying to vi the converted file on unix. Transfer the file to DOS platform and then view the file, that should be fine.

Re: ux2dos question

T G Manikandan — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 01:19:13 GMT

you have converted it to the dos format which will add the carriage return.

Again do a dos2ux hai1.doc > hai2.doc

to remove the ^M characters

Re: ux2dos question

Hoefnix — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 02:17:42 GMT

You posted a new item with an answer to this question.
You send the file with mailx and then using MS-word.

I don't think you need ux2dos when viewing plain unix text files in ms-word.

Just use next command to send your file:

uuencode hai.doc hai.doc | mailx -s "subject" p.geluk@tpgpost.nl

Regards,

Peter

Re: ux2dos question

Elmar P. Kolkman — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 02:31:55 GMT

Those carriage returns (-M) is exactly what ux2dos is for, because an end-of-line under unix only consists of a linefeed, while dos uses a carriage return PLUS a linefeed. So if you don't want the carriage returns, don't use ux2dos.