RE: Backup script runs on AIX but not on Linux
From: Allen, Brandon <Brandon.Allen_at_OneNeck.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 10:11:09 -0700
Message-ID: <64BAF54438380142A0BF94A23224A31E10A3369074_at_ONEWS06.oneneck.corp>
Yes, that's normal with vi on Linux - this drove me crazy for an hour or two when I first started working on Linux too. For some reason the Linux version of vi doesn't show the DOS characters, but if you look at the bottom line of your vi window it should say [dos] if they are present, like this:
myhost>vi testfile.txt
This
is
my
test
file
~
~
"testfile.txt" [dos] 5L, 27C 1,1 All
myhost>vi testfile.txt
This ^M
is^M
my^M
test^M
file^M
~
~
:edit ++ff=unix
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Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 10:11:09 -0700
Message-ID: <64BAF54438380142A0BF94A23224A31E10A3369074_at_ONEWS06.oneneck.corp>
Yes, that's normal with vi on Linux - this drove me crazy for an hour or two when I first started working on Linux too. For some reason the Linux version of vi doesn't show the DOS characters, but if you look at the bottom line of your vi window it should say [dos] if they are present, like this:
myhost>vi testfile.txt
This
is
my
test
file
~
~
"testfile.txt" [dos] 5L, 27C 1,1 All
The only way I know of to make it display the characters is with the very cryptic command ":edit ++ff=unix", e.g.:
myhost>vi testfile.txt
This ^M
is^M
my^M
test^M
file^M
~
~
:edit ++ff=unix
Also, beware that this problem will occur whether you transfer the file via FTP (in either binary or ascii mode), or SCP.
Regards,
Brandon
From: J. Dex [mailto:cemail_219_at_hotmail.com]
I ran dos2unix on the script and it fixed it. Even though I couldn't see any DOS characters, they must have been there somewhere because this fixed the problem.
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