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--- remove_special_chars_from_windows_files [2017/07/19 13:49] – walkeradmin
+++ remove_special_chars_from_windows_files [2023/03/09 22:35] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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-dos2unix
+Below is a file that I copied from Windows to a CentOS linux server, it dind't matter if I copied the file, or did a copy/paste, the issue still arose. After each line you can see a <color #ed1c24>^M</color> character, which is a Windows carriage return (Linux doesn't use Carriage returns, only line feeds, Windows uses both).
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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.
+\\
+    vi -b filename
+----
+#!/bin/bash<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\
+# Install useful tools<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\
+<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\
+yum install epel-release -y<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\
+yum install htop -y<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\
+yum install nload -y<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\
+yum install iperf -y<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\
+yum install tcpdump -y<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\
+yum install ncdu -y<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\
+yum install net-tools -y<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\
+rpm --import http://packages.atrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY.atrpms<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\
+touch /etc/yum.repos.d/atrpms.repo<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\
+echo "[atrpms]<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\
+name=Fedora Core \$releasever - \$basearch - ATrpms<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\
+baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/el\$releasever-\$basearch/atrpms/stable<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\
+gpgkey=http://ATrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY.atrpms<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\
+enabled=1<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\
+gpgcheck=1" > /etc/yum.repos.d/atrpms.repo<color #ed1c24>^M</color>\\
+yum install ffmpeg -y\\
+----
+You can remove these special characters in Linux using a variety of methods, here are two.
+\\
+. In vi, just delete the ^M characters and save the file.
+. 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.
+\\