[UFO Chicago] another very newbie 'nix question

[Ian Bicking]

Windows uses ^R^M at the end of lines, where Unix uses just ^R (and Mac
uses just ^M).  The dos2unix program is one program that will strip
these for you (or add them).  They usually don't do any harm.

On Sat, 2002-01-26 at 19:33, John Kilbourne wrote:
> What are all the ^M 's that are at the ends of the lines in text 
> files I take from windows (made in gvim) and put on unix or linux? It 
> must be some kind of newline thing; do they do any harm?
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------ Reply Separator --------------------
> Originally From: Larry Garfield <lgarfiel@students.depaul.edu>
> Subject: Re: [UFO Chicago] very newbie 'nix question
> Date: 01/26/2002 06:49pm
> 
> 
> Now see what you've started, John? :-)
> 
> Nick Moffitt wrote:
> 
> > > Yes, the API consistency is nice and one of the biggest advantages
> > > of *NIX, but neither a device, pipe, socket, nor a directory is a
> > > file.  The implementation of a directory may be via a convenient
> > > reuse of the "regular file" storage mechanism, but it is not a 
> file
> > > as your average human being would term it.
> > 
> >         Your average human being would think of a file as either a
> > tool for grinding or a collection of information about a particular
> > topic.  An average human being would think of a directory as a
> > collection of mappings from information to its actual location.  A
> > directory or index page often appears in real world file folders or
> > books.
> > 
> >         The metaphors are incorrect to begin with, so the nits 
> you're
> > picking right now are particularly small.
> 
> 
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