Hi,

I have a script which seeks for ^M in files. e.g. it include a line
say -
find $(pwd) -type f -exec grep -l '^M' {} \;

Sometime while editing this script in Windows I mess with ^M & the
only way to restore is to go in Unix & edit the file in vi & come
back.
So as a remedy (what I could think of) is there some HEX alternative I
could use for ^M ? Or anything else which represents ^M.

10x
NeO

On Apr 30, 3:43 pm, NeOnD <vikas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a script which seeks for ^M in files. e.g. it include a line
> say -
> find $(pwd) -type f -exec grep -l '^M' {} \;
>
> Sometime while editing this script in Windows I mess with ^M & the
> only way to restore is to go in Unix & edit the file in vi & come
> back.
> So as a remedy (what I could think of) is there some HEX alternative I
> could use for ^M ? Or anything else which represents ^M.
>
> 10x
> NeO

This should work:

find $(pwd) -type f -exec grep -l "$(echo "\r")" {} \;

That works buddy. Thanks

On May 1, 12:43 am, NeOnD <vikas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a script which seeks for ^M in files. e.g. it include a line
> say -
> find $(pwd) -type f -exec grep -l '^M' {} \;
>
> Sometime while editing this script in Windows I mess with ^M & the
> only way to restore is to go in Unix & edit the file in vi & come
> back.
> So as a remedy (what I could think of) is there some HEX alternative I
> could use for ^M ? Or anything else which represents ^M.
>
> 10x
> NeO

If you are using bash, you can enter character verbatim by pressing
Control-V followed by that character. In your case:
.... -exec grep -l '^M' {} \;

where, the '^M' above is not '^' and 'M', rather it's a control-v
control-m