Re: [ProgSoc] Ctrl-key combos

[Chocky <chocky@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au>]

On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Christian Kent wrote:

> On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Anand Kumria wrote:
> 

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> > 
> > Ctrl-V is used when you want to type other control characters at the
> > prompt (except Ctrl-S). So Ctrl-V Ctrl-M will get you a literal Ctrl-M.
> 
> That's interesting because it could apply to lots of things.  Does anyone
> else use that trick?
> 
Yes. I often do when I have a dos file and want to global remove all the
^M off the ends.


Chocky

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