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Removing "\r" while expanding file in shell

I was trying to move a file name containing a particular string to another directory in a shell script, but during the filename expansion I am getting \r in the file

Local_Input_Landing_Dir=`grep Local_Input_Landing_Dir $CFILE | awk -F= ' {print $2} '`

src_dir="$Local_Input_Landing_Dir"/*_vendor.csv

echo 'before' $src_dir

The o/p of the above echo is being spliing over to next line

before /stage/Scripts/ecommerce/vendor/Data_split_vendor
/*vendor.csv

When I try using the move command, I get \r while expansion

mv $src_dir $Local_Input_Landing_Dir/current_date_dir/
   mv: cannot stat `/stage/Scripts/ecommerce/vendor/Data_split_vendor\r/*_vendor.csv': No such file or directory
Solution

  • If you are developing on Windows and use your script on a Unix machine you should convert your files (the new line character is \r\non windows and \n on unix)

    Use the command

      dos2unix your_file