Re: Defining "\r" Behavior in SSH Window

["Colin S. Miller" <no-spam-thank-you@csmiller.demon.co.uk>]

gamename wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a C application that does "printf("<text>\r").  The result in a
> shell window is to produce a newline.  But in an ssh window, a newline
> is not created.  So, the output in a shell window looks like this:
> 
> yadda
> yadda
> yadda
> 
> while the ssh window's output looks like this:
> 
> yaddayaddayadda
> 
> Now can I make the ssh window behave the same way as the shell buffer?
> 
> Thanks,
> -T
> 

If the app doesn't print lines without cartridge returns/new lines,
try running
app | tr '\015' '\012'

This should change CR to LF (tr uses octal to specify the characters).

HTH,
Colin S. Miller


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