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Re: ed and ^M: damages files unbeknownst to the user
From: |
Dan Jacobson |
Subject: |
Re: ed and ^M: damages files unbeknownst to the user |
Date: |
24 Nov 2001 09:52:12 +0800 |
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Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 |
>>>>> "P" == Paul Jarc <address@hidden> writes:
P> Dan Jacobson <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Looked fine in more, less, cat, etc. Edited fine in emacs... then
>> one day I use ed, and wreck the file.
P> less would show you the carriage returns. Emacs could be configured
P> to do the same.
Didn't see them here with
$ LESS= less file
on rxvt
Emacs indeed has a "(DOS)" appear in its modeline, as it is just
information, not a warning, as nothing bad is going to happen to the
file. vi also says "[dos]".
>> Your solution requires us to know the format of each file before we
>> 'ed' it. OK, but be consistent and take the 'binary file' warnings
>> out of grep, diff, etc.
P> Why would such "consistency" be a good thing?
I was being rhetorical, I think they call it. Anyways, as the late
Ernest says, use the right tool for the right job, and for a one
character change in big file, you must agree that who's to blame me
for choosing ed instead of emacs... I had read the classics and that
is how the pros do it [when one is choosing from interactive editors,
not sed]... and what do you know, it scrambled my file while acting
like all was ok.
I had used the venerable pro stuff with no bells and whistles and my
file got scrambled like when one uses FrontPage. Brian K. & Dennis R.
wouldn't do that... without even warning at least.
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- ed and ^M, Dan Jacobson, 2001/11/15
- Re: ed and ^M, Andrew L. Moore, 2001/11/15
- Re: ed and ^M: damages files unbeknownst to the user, Dan Jacobson, 2001/11/19
- Re: ed and ^M: damages files unbeknownst to the user, Miles Bader, 2001/11/19
- Re: ed and ^M: damages files unbeknownst to the user, Andrew L. Moore, 2001/11/20
- Re: ed and ^M: damages files unbeknownst to the user, Dan Jacobson, 2001/11/21
- Re: ed and ^M: damages files unbeknownst to the user, Paul Jarc, 2001/11/21
- Re: ed and ^M: damages files unbeknownst to the user,
Dan Jacobson <=
- Re: ed and ^M: damages files unbeknownst to the user, Paul Jarc, 2001/11/24
- Re: ed and ^M: damages files unbeknownst to the user, Eli Zaretskii, 2001/11/25
Re: ed and ^M, Eli Zaretskii, 2001/11/16
Re: ed and ^M, Hans-Bernhard Broeker, 2001/11/16