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Re: ed and ^M: damages files unbeknownst to the user
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: ed and ^M: damages files unbeknownst to the user |
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Wed, 21 Nov 2001 20:28:50 -0500 |
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Dan Jacobson <address@hidden> wrote:
> Looked fine in more, less, cat, etc. Edited fine in emacs... then
> one day I use ed, and wreck the file.
less would show you the carriage returns. Emacs could be configured
to do the same.
> Your solution requires us to know the format of each file before we
> 'ed' it. OK, but be consistent and take the 'binary file' warnings
> out of grep, diff, etc.
Why would such "consistency" be a good thing?
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paul
- ed and ^M, Dan Jacobson, 2001/11/15
- Re: ed and ^M, Andrew L. Moore, 2001/11/15
- Re: ed and ^M: damages files unbeknownst to the user, Dan Jacobson, 2001/11/19
- Re: ed and ^M: damages files unbeknownst to the user, Miles Bader, 2001/11/19
- Re: ed and ^M: damages files unbeknownst to the user, Andrew L. Moore, 2001/11/20
- Re: ed and ^M: damages files unbeknownst to the user, Dan Jacobson, 2001/11/21
- Re: ed and ^M: damages files unbeknownst to the user,
Paul Jarc <=
- Re: ed and ^M: damages files unbeknownst to the user, Dan Jacobson, 2001/11/24
- Re: ed and ^M: damages files unbeknownst to the user, Paul Jarc, 2001/11/24
- Re: ed and ^M: damages files unbeknownst to the user, Eli Zaretskii, 2001/11/25
Re: ed and ^M, Eli Zaretskii, 2001/11/16
Re: ed and ^M, Hans-Bernhard Broeker, 2001/11/16