mikshaw
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Posted: Dec. 09 2007,15:06 |
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The ^M character is not uncommon if you tend to switch between Windows and Linux a lot. If you edit a file in Windows it will insert ^M whenever you add a line break. If you stick with Linux exclusively, or don't use Windows to edit files, you will likely never see this issue.
^M is technically a non-printing character. Some applications handle it differently than others. As ^thehatsrule^ suggested, your terminal most likely interpreted it as a line break rather than a printable character, so it made a new line rather than displaying it in text.
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