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Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 13:36:14 EST
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To: cygwin <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject: Re: How do I remove CR/LF from text file
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From: Brian Keener <bkeener AT thesoftwaresource DOT com>
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Bernard Dautrevaux wrote:
> Can't you directly generate your file as DOS text? either by writing on a
> text-mount,
That was how I finally got what I wanted - but since needing it that way was 
an afterthought and not normal operation - then I don't want it that way 
permanently but only would like to know how to convert if I need to again.

> As you decribe the problem (wordpad understand the file but notepad displays
> black rectangles instead of the EOL I think), you need not convert to UNIX
> from DOS but the other way round: native Windows programs need CF/LF

This would be true - I thought that was what I explained but I may have left 
something out - so sorry.




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