Re: strip ^M from list of files in for loop

["Stephen L Arnold" <sarnold earthling net>]

On 30 Jul 00, at 10:55, Bret Hughes wrote:

> I have a script that reads file names (each on a different
> line) from a file, does some work and writes the record read
> 
> in from the file and appends ": timestamp" to it.
> 
> Later when I am trying to process the file (it is still
> going) with variable=$(tail -1 logfile) the embedded ^M is
> kicking my ass:

If I get your meaning, the CRs are in the files listed in the list 
of filenames you're reading in?  Er, what did I just say?  If so, 
then I would cat each file through tr and remove the CRs (^M) on 
the fly, then pipe it wherever you want.  Sounds good, anyway. 8-)

see 'man tr' for the delete option.  Of course, you could also do a 
global delete first with emacs...

Steve