The following one liner will remove CR from a CR/LF pair. It does not require the literal ^M, as it uses whatever '/r' is defined as on the current platform. perl -pe "s/\r//g" -i.bak <filename> On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 01:34:18 -0500, Mark W. Farnham <mwf@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Try replacing ^M^J with your tag. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Wayne Bastow > Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 10:11 PM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: CTRL-M Problem > > Hi, > > I'm moving some tables from Sybase to Oracle (9i). I can dump the data > out from Sybase into files using ~ as the field seperator and <CR> for > the record end. The problem I have is that some of the fields have ^M > in them. I have used sed to replace the ^M's with <br> html tag (The > data ends up in Oracle and is accessed using PHP via a browser). The > problem is that there is still a <CR> after the <br> tag meaning that > sqlldr has trouble loading these records. I have tried sed > s/^M$/\<br\>/g without luck. An example record which causes problems > looks like: > > 3~5HIAA 24 Hr Urine > ~U5HIAAT ~~St > Vincent's~Biochemistry ~Note UVOL > and pH on request form. Aliquot 100mls send refrigerated. Acid > bottles (30ml 60% HCl) required for collection.~Urine container is > available from Pathology Ext 3223. Please provide details of current > medications.^M > Dietary instructions: for at least 12 hours prior to and during > collection of 24 hour urine, avoid consuming the following - avocados, > bananas, pineapples, plums, tomatoes, nuts, chocolate, eggplant, > kiwifruit, figs, grapes. These foods contain chemicals which may > interfere with laboratory testing.~10 days~~WD ~E ~~7~~~~~~ > > Using the above sed gives me ^M replaced by <br> but it still has the > <CR> in it meaning that sqlldr sees it as two lines. > > Anyone sorted this one out before? > > Thanks, > Wayne > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l