It represents windows end-of-line format (ie \r + \n) instead of unix format (just \n). You should suppress it perhaps like this : cat file | sed 's/\r//' regards -- Luc MAIGNAN /*WinXpert*/ Directeur technique Tél : +33-1 69 51 39 50 e-mail : luc.maignan@xxxxxxxxxxxx Kaushal Shriyan a écrit : > Hi All > > I have a unusual issue is that I transfer the file from one server to > another server > through FTP Client, and when I open the downloaded file I see that at > the end of every Line of the file I see ^M > > I do not understand at ALL > > I have choosen a Binary option while downloading > > Any Clue > > Regards > > Kaushal > >