On Dec 04, at 10:20 AM, Jerry McAllister wrote:
>
> > 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.
No, I meant what I wrote, though you gave me pause to double-check. The
"[[:cntrl:]]" and reference to the CR character ("\r" = carriage-return)
are what's being stripped. I pro'lly should have finished the sentence
with "... for stripping." or somesuch.
> ////jerry
Dave
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