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Remove Special Chars from Windows files

Jul 2017


If you have copied any text files or text strings from a Windows PC, then you might find that there are still special characters in this file that stop you executing it as a script on a linux computer. These special characters are typically carriage returns and line feeds.

dos2unix vi -b filename

#!/bin/bash^M
# Install useful tools^M
^M
yum install epel-release -y^M
yum install htop -y^M
yum install nload -y^M
yum install iperf -y^M
yum install tcpdump -y^M
yum install ncdu -y^M
yum install net-tools -y^M
rpm –import http://packages.atrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY.atrpms^M
touch /etc/yum.repos.d/atrpms.repo^M
echo “[atrpms]^M
name=Fedora Core \$releasever - \$basearch - ATrpms^M
baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/el\$releasever-\$basearch/atrpms/stable^M
gpgkey=http://ATrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY.atrpms^M
enabled=1^M
gpgcheck=1” > /etc/yum.repos.d/atrpms.repo^M
yum install ffmpeg -y

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