Re: [tlug] running python script

[Jim Tittsler <jwt-tlug@example.com>]

On Aug 31, 2004, at 12:24, Shawn wrote:

> The files which were written under *nix had a windows line ending, but 
> apparently the app using them expected that.  Looking at the script 
> though...seemed ok.
>
> I guess the best would have been for the original writer to just have 
> checked the last two chars of the line and it would work for both.

Another alternative would have been to open the files with 
open("filename.txt", 'rU') which puts the file object into "universal 
newline mode."   That attempts to hide DOS, Macintosh, and Unix line 
endings from you... making them all into '\n'.


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