Re: DOS/NeXT question

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From: Steven M. Boker
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 15:57

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In article <rb28pINNgr9@cs.utexas.edu> kelsen@cs.utexas.edu (Pierre Kelsen) writes:
>I recently did some word processing on a DOS machine (using a word processing
>software and exporting to ASCII) and transferred the files to my NeXT machine.
>I noticed that there were lots of '^M' control characters interspersed with the
>text (I suspect it has to do with the translation of new line characters). 
>Although these extra characters do not print I would like to get rid of them
>

There is a program on the archives at sonata called "flip".  This useful
utility will do _exactly_ what you want, and in a smarter fashion than
tr.  There is source in the flip.tar file which can also be compiled on
an MSDOS machine.  That way you can perform your translations in both
directions on either machine.

This software works well.  A must for every heterogeneous NeXT.

Steve

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From: smb3u@squeeg.psyc.virginia.edu (Steven M. Boker)
Subject: Re: DOS/NeXT question
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