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The Fix A common pitfall when moving text files from Windows to Linux for database loading is the difference in line endings. Tools like load or dbload can choke on the extra carriage return characters that Windows inserts. Use cat -v to check if a file contains ^M characters: If ^M appears at the end of each line, the file has Windows‑style endings. Use the tr command to replace the carriage returns: This reads the source file, replaces all \r characters with \n, and writes a clean, Linux‑compatible file. Once converted, your import through utilities like load or dbload into a gbase database should complete without errors. Templates let you quickly answer FAQs or store snippets for re-use. Are you sure you want to ? It will become hidden in your post, but will still be visible via the comment's permalink. Hide child comments as well For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse