RE: Backup script runs on AIX but not on Linux
- From: "Allen, Brandon" <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "J. Dex" <cemail_219@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Waldirio Manhães Pinheiro <waldirio@xxxxxxxxx>, "m.haddon@xxxxxxxxx" <m.haddon@xxxxxxxxx>, "oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 10:11:09 -0700
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:
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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.:
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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@xxxxxxxxxxx]
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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