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List:       linux-newbie
Subject:    Re: Should the tr command be run on text files ONLY?
From:       Bob Batson <rcb () kc ! rr ! com>
Date:       2005-03-12 20:01:11
Message-ID: p05111b00be58fa500129 () [65 ! 30 ! 110 ! 44]
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At 6:10 PM -0800 3/11/05, Ray Olszewski wrote:

>At 07:49 PM 3/11/2005 -0600, Bob Batson wrote:
>>Should I run the command `tr \\r \\n <macfilename> <unixfilename>' 
>>(minus the quotes) in A Terminal on textfiles ONLY or will tr harm 
>>any binary files?

[snip]

>DEFINITELY run this command only on text files. It will render 
>binary files unusable in most cases and never be good for them. 
>Executables are sure to be unusable, and files like video, sounds, 
>and images will have errors in them that may wreck them or may just 
>introduce bits of distortion.

Thanks a lot! BTW, is the command `tr \\r \\n *' or `tr \r \n *'?

-- 
Bob Batson
rcb@kc.rr.com

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