I'm with Nick on this one.  I use the regexp tools in emacs, but if you
are wanting to continually change back and forth.  There is a program
called "flip" that specifically is made for this and is probably easier
than remembering perl or sed commands..

apt-get install flip

and have fun. :)

On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 08:55 -0700, Kevin Geiss wrote:
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> the easiest way to switch the end of line characters is to use sed or 
> perl. since I know perl I tend to use it. I'm sure it can be done 
> inside of emacs, but I don't know emacs, so here's how to do it with 
> perl:
> 
> to remove the ^M chars from the file:
> 
> perl -p -i -e 's/\r\n/\n/' files
> 
> where 'files' is a list of all the files you want to change the line 
> endings in.
> 
> to put ^M back into the file:
> 
> perl -p -i -e 's/\n/\r\n/' files
> 
> 
> On Wednesday 08 December 2004 11:10 pm, Trent Shipley wrote:
> > Also, is there an easy way to make the stupid ^M's go away (and
> > come back)?
> >
> > How do you enter a ^M?  C-M doesn't seem bound to anything?
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