Tag: txt

Remove the ^M from config files

Working in both Windows and Linux environments can from time to time create undesirable effects when modifying Linux configuration files on Windows boxes. After the edits and copying the file to the Linux box, a quick check of the file using the cat revealed nothing out of the ordinary.  However, the vim revealed the hidden ^M. I’m still not entirely…

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No New text document with right click on Vista or XP

On several different machines, each running Windows, the right-click to create a new text document option is not available. I don’t know if it is a service pack related issue or version of Windows or an application that was installed that caused this annoyance. I am leaning against it being the cause of the operating system as one system is…

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