Question

^M" line feed characters in Aleph tables cause problems. How do they get there and how can they be eliminated?

Answer

They get there because the file has been ftp-ed in binary mode rather than ascii.

There are two ways to get rid of these control characters:

1. re-ftp the file, typing "ASCII" on the ftp command line prior to doing the ftp.

2. Enter this command at the unix prompt on your server:

dos2unix xxxxxxxxx <where "xxxxxxxxx" is the name of the file> (on LINUX systems)
dos2unix -ascii xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx <where "xxxxxxxxx" is the name of the file> (on SUN systems)

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• Article last edited: 1/12/2015