delcr

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NAME

delcr - remove a CR before each LF

SYNOPSIS

delcr

DESCRIPTION

delcr removes a CR at the end of each line of input, if a CR is present. It also removes a CR at the end of a partial final line.

The pipeline

addcr | delcr

prints an exact copy of its input.

COMPATIBILITY

Some vendors ship dos2unix or dos2bsd tools similar to delcr. Those tools often blow up on long lines and nulls. delcr has no trouble with long lines and nulls.