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Reading a DOS text file and writing out Mac

Is there a way to set the EOL character that Python recognizes? For
example, I'd like to set it to cr/lf (okay, that's eol characters) when
reading a file (DOS text) and set it to just cr when writing out (Mac).
Is there a way to do this?

Thanks!

Jen

Jul 18 '05 #1
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