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remove_special_chars_from_windows_files [2017/07/19 14:07] walkeradminremove_special_chars_from_windows_files [2017/07/19 15:26] walkeradmin
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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. 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.
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     vi -b filename     vi -b filename
-\\  + 
-\\ +---- 
 #!/bin/bash<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\  #!/bin/bash<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\ 
 # Install useful tools<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\  # Install useful tools<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\ 
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 gpgcheck=1" > /etc/yum.repos.d/atrpms.repo<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\  gpgcheck=1" > /etc/yum.repos.d/atrpms.repo<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\ 
 yum install ffmpeg -y\\  yum install ffmpeg -y\\ 
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 +----
 +You can remove these special characters in Linux using a variety of methods, here are two.
 +\\ 
 +    1. In vi, just delete the ^M characters and save the file.
 +    
 +    2. 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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