> > ... Much deleted ... > > Ack. Looks like you're right, and I agree with you. If "[2addr]l" can output > '\r', "[2addr]s/regex/repl/flags" ought to understand "\r". I have to wonder > how many times I may have been bitten by this mis-feature. ;-, > > This'll work though: > sed -e 's/[[:cntrl:]]$//g' > > > > I like the tr(1) conversion too, but I always seem to think in terms of > > > sed(1) and awk(1). > > And if that sed(1) solution is still "too loose", the tr(1) solution reduces > "[[:cntrl:]]" to just the CR character. >
Just to be clear on this issue; you want to be left with the LF characters and get rid of the CR characters not the other way around. I am not a sed person, but your statement is backwards even if your sed works. ////jerry To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
