On Jul 17, Ben Gertzfield wrote > >>>>> "Mike" == Mike Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Mike> I upgraded my system to hamm recently, and I am having > Mike> trouble with a script I have been using to create > Mike> invoices. The error message is: > > Mike> ------ Snip ------ > > Mike> mike:~$ invoice -n Illegal character \015 (carriage return) > Mike> at /home/mschmitz/bin/invoice line 3. (Maybe you didn't > Mike> strip carriage returns after a network transfer?) > > Mike> ------ Snip ------ > > Mike> The only transfers this script has gotten have been > Mike> accomplished by cp. If I put a # at the end of line 3, the > Mike> error just moves up one. Has anyone seen/solved this error? > > Perl 5.004 does not allow DOS carriage returns at the end of line. > You will have to go through and remove all the ^Ms from the script. > > (an easy way to do that would be to 'pico filename', then just save) > I don't have pico, and usually use only vim. Vim showed no ^M's so I was fairly satisfied that they did not exist. I started looking at the file in other editors on my system, ae & xedit, ae showed none, but xedit saw them big as life. Is vim now trying to be compatible with M$?!! I may have to find a new editor.
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