replace carriage returns

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 02:07:34PM -0500, Richard D. Williams wrote:
> When importing data from a mysql database, is there any way in filepro 
> to find and replace a carriage-return in a field?
> 
> I can nont get the programmer I am dealing with to do it on his end.

Nah, you never can.

Your source file has lines ending in, what? <cr><lf>?  So you have an
unwanted extra <cr>, right?

The easiest way to do this, if it's practical to add it to your
workflow, is to use the tr(1) command to delete that character.

Check the manpage for the exact syntax.

Cheers,
-- jra
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