File transfer problem

[Pwl2]

I am trying to transfer a text file (using Filezilla in SFTP mode) created in notepad on Win 7 to a Pi running Rasbian, that is to be processed for use by fortune. The file looks fine on Win and under nano on the Pi

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but when I run

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strfile -c % test test.dat

I tells me there is only one line the length of the file and when I run fortune the cookie is all the file.
If I create the file in nano it works as expected in strfile / fortune bur on transfer and editing in notepad I get

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I have tried transferring as asciii, binary and using a zip file. Any Ideas as to what I have wrong? I know fortune is trivial but the underlying problem concerns me.

Paul

[kusti8]

I would think it's because windows uses different ways to signify a new line. Use something like notepad++ and switch to Unix new line.

[Joe Schmoe]

Yeah, it certainly sounds like yet another iteration of the DOS vs. Unix line endings problem.

There are tools called "dos2unix" and "unix2dos" that supposedly handle this, but it's not really worth the hassle. (To put it another way, these tools have never really worked well for me...)

Anyway, the first thing to do is to load the file up into vi (vim);

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vi file

Then do:

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:se ff?

That will tell you the fileformat. Now, assuming that says "dos", then you can do:

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:se ff=unix

And finally, press ZZ (that's right, two capital Zs) to save and exit the file.
That will convert it to unix format. Then it should work...

[Pwl2]

Thanks. It was the line ending problem. I thought ASCII mode FTP took care of that.

Pwl2

[Jednorozec]

Thanks. It was the line ending problem. I thought ASCII mode FTP took care of that.

FTP text mode should take care of that but filezilla seems to screw up. Try http://winscp.net/eng/index.php - it's always worked well for me.