[ale] Turning CR into LF in text file

[Dunlap, Randy]

> > check this out:
> > http://www.meybohm.de/os/linebreak.html
> > 
> > it works for converting both mac and pc line breaks...
> 
> You can also (if you have the memory for it) load it into 
> emacs, and do a
> replace-string on it.  When queried for what to replace, hit ^Q^M and
> enter, when prompted for what to replace it with, hit ^Q^J and hit
> enter.  The ^Q causes the next character typed to be quoted.

Or use vim (vi iMproved),
:set fileformat=unix
:wq

will save it with conversion and is good for file-at-a-time,
not-so-often usage.
For lots of files, I would make a tr command to do it.

~Randy

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