cat does not display ^M?
 

Hey guys,

I have this txt/flat file which I scp'd from a Windows box to a Unix box through Binary mode (yes, ASCII mode should be used).

When using vi on the file, the ^M special characters can be seen at the end of each line. Which makes sense, right?

However, when reading the file through cat, I don't see the special characters. I have always believed cat should be able to see the special characters. Why can't it? Am I missing anything here?

Thank you.

Try option -v

have you tried cat: filename.txt -v