Bash 3.1.17(8): Scripts on textmode mount get problems with CR characters

[Matthew Woehlke]

Long, Phillip GOSS wrote:
> U don't have d2u on all platforms, but U probably _do_ have awk or
> gawk on every platform.  I came up with a simple fix for the CRLF
> problem when I encountered it, which is still klugy, but works on
> every POSIX or Cygwin platform:
>    gawk '//' fileFromTextMount > fileWithLFOnlyOnBinMount

...or:
$ cat <file> | tr -d '\r'

-- 
Matthew
"Two IIRC's must make a right" -- Larry Hall (paraphrased)


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