Saturday, May 3, 2014

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Terminal

 

Hi Scott,

You wrote:

> In some cases, if you open a file created on Windows in a Linux machine,
> you'll see a bunch of ^M scattered throughout the file. This is because
> of a difference in the way each handles carriage returns. I haven't run
> into this in awhile, not sure if it's because of changes in how Windows
> does textfiles now.

So, I know what to look for, then.

> A pdf file shouldn't be affected,

I didn't think it should.

> ... depending upon how it was created, ... wouldn't see anything odd in an html file
> either.

I only use .htm files for a web start page
and a few subsidiary pages. I find them
pretty handy and I do them by hand and
use indenting and CR-LFs so I can find
whatever I want (and easily make any
needed changes). I suppose the markup
would work pretty much like a text file.

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Regards,

Gene Falck
gfalck@merr.com

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