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--- remove_special_chars_from_windows_files [2017/07/19 13:01] – walkeradmin
+++ remove_special_chars_from_windows_files [2017/07/19 14:26] (current) – walkeradmin
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-dos2unix
+Below is a file that I copied from Windows to a CentOS linux server, it dind't matter if I copied the file, or did a copy/paste, the issue still arose. After each line you can see a <color #ed1c24>^M</color> character, which is a Windows carriage return (Linux doesn't use Carriage returns, only line feeds, Windows uses both).
-vi -b filename
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+\\
+When you edit the file in vi, you can't see these special characters, you have use another switch with vi to show them. Run vi using a <color #ed1c24>-b</color> switch.
+\\
+    vi -b filename
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 #!/bin/bash<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\
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 gpgcheck=1" > /etc/yum.repos.d/atrpms.repo<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\
 yum install ffmpeg -y\\
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+You can remove these special characters in Linux using a variety of methods, here are two.
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+. In vi, just delete the ^M characters and save the file.
+. Install dos2unix (yum install dos2unix) and execute this on your file (dos2unix filename)
+       and it will remove them for you, handy if it is a big file.
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