Topic: using Notepad++ in ASCII mode

[weathergirl]

I'm using Notepad++ to edit a cron job, however there doesn't seem to be an option in my version of Notepad++ to use ASCII encoding. Where can I enable it?

[Jáchym]

Try:
VIEW > Show Symbol > Show All Characters

[Jáchym]

And you can also try some plugins, one can convert between HEX and ASCII for example. Just look in your Plugin manager.

[saratogaWX]

Set the encoding to ANSI

You can turn on View, Show Symbols, Show End Of Line to make sure that only LF appears (not CRLF which will cause cron or bash to choke).

If you find both CR LF at the ends of the lines, there's an easy fix.  Use Search, Replace

Find: \r\n
Replace: \n
select Extended Search mode, and replace all.

Best regards,
Ken

[weathergirl]

Thank you, Jachym

[weathergirl]

Thanks, Ken

[W3DRM]

Set the encoding to ANSI

You can turn on View, Show Symbols, Show End Of Line to make sure that only LF appears (not CRLF which will cause cron or bash to choke).

If you find both CR LF at the ends of the lines, there's an easy fix.  Use Search, Replace

Find: \r\n
Replace: \n
select Extended Search mode, and replace all.
Best regards,
Ken

Ken, that's exactly how I fixed my bash cron routine the other day after I screwed the file up trying to edit it with my HTML editor! Worked like a charm.