Re: ed and ^M

[Dan Jacobson]

>>>>> "H" == Hans-Bernhard Broeker <address@hidden> writes:

H> Dan Jacobson <address@hidden> wrote:
>> While using ed on a file formatted with ^M's at the end of each
>> line, the output could be quite disturbing:

H> Not really a surprise, I'd say.  AFAIK, files with CR characters in
H> them are not technically text files, by Unix standards.  Text
H> utilities are entitled to failing miserably in any way you do or don't
H> expect, with such input.

$ cp /bin/ed /tmp
0jidanni$ ed /tmp/ed
68732
1
*C(H#=4 (444L  /lib/ld-linux.so.2GNUCJ:GDI6B8"F
      A93;$ %E
              ?2)5+<1/&'
^[[?1;2c^[[?1;2c^[[?1;2c^[[?1;2c^[[?1;2c^[[?1;2cq
?
h
Unknown command
q


hmmm, maybe it should warn about binary etc. files.
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