Invalild Characters

[yatesm]

Hi Guys,

I need to load a flat file and the last character on each line is invalid - it just shows up as a space on Solaris, I think it must be an end of line command from windows or some thing.

I've tried using sed to create a new file without the char, but it brings it also.

Any ideas how to get rid of the bloody thing ? without opening up the file as it is big.

Thanks a lot
Mike

 

[KenCunningham]

Try running the file through dos2unix:

dos2unix <original file> <new file>

You can then rename <new file> to the original if need be. Good luck.

 

[yatesm]

That worked a treat, so easy when you know how......

Thanks for sharing
Mike