{"id":249,"date":"2012-06-27T23:06:06","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T06:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shanelabs.com\/blog\/?p=249"},"modified":"2012-06-27T23:06:06","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T06:06:06","slug":"getting-rid-of-m-newline-characters-in-notepad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shanelabs.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/27\/getting-rid-of-m-newline-characters-in-notepad\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting rid of ^M newline characters in Notepad++"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I was modifying someone else’s file when I noticed that when I uploaded it to the server it displayed horribly. All whitespace was gone, and in the place of newlines was ^M characters. Here’s a snapshot of how the file looked when I uploaded.<\/p>\n

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If I viewed it with ‘more filename.php’ I didn’t see the ^M but it looked as if the whole file was on one line, and some characters had been replaced by {. Strange.<\/p>\n

It does not affect the server’s ability to run the file, but it does make maintenance a nightmare if you ever have to edit the file in the future.<\/p>\n

I had been using Notepad++ (notepad plus plus) to edit it, and I had never had this problem with any of my files. Turned out the file had originally been made on a Mac, which caused these weird characters to show up (sometimes it happens on Windows too).<\/p>\n

Luckily there’s an easy fix. With the file open in Notepad++, simply go to the Edit menu -> EOL Conversion -> Windows. It might also work if you choose Unix too. Then save the file, re-upload and you’re golden!<\/p>\n

Hope that helps!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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