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After moving ASCII text files from Windows to UNIX they have control M characters (^M) in them?

April 26, 2017ASCII characters CONTROL files moving text Unix Windows

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After moving ASCII text files from Windows to UNIX they have control M characters (^M) in them?

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You will always see this in ASCII text files that are transferred to UNIX from any DOS or Windows platform. Typically most UNIX operating systems have a “unix2dos” command to remove them from ASCII text files if you find that this is necessary.