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I have UNIX shell scripts with .com extension. When I double-click through Windows Explorer and open with TextPad, the file opens in Binary code rather than text so that I see all the Hexadecimal code and I don't have the option to edit or save the file. If I do File-->Open--> and change file format...

I have the same problem with blank lines being inserted into text files that do not exist in notepad. The files themselves have been opened or saved in their lifetime on a unix machine, but the lines don't show up in notepad on a windows 2k or xp machine, only in textpad(other text editors too such ...