SQL Loader and ^M character

Hi Experts
Please I need help with this problem:
I am migrating data from a Solid Database to Oracle, I am using Flat Files to do that.
1.- I download the data to flat files from Solid
2.- I move the files to Oracle server
3.- I upload the data to Oracle
Now, I have done the 90% of the data base, but I have found some tables that has description columns and in this description the users writes enters, so when I try to upload the data to Oracle SQL loader cannot recognize this characters.
Example:
'25','0.','5.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','',''
'26','0.','2.','0.','0.','0.','0.','3.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','',''
'27','0.','1.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','',''
'28','0.','1.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','',''
'29','0.','38.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','',''
'30','0.','13.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','6.','0.','6.','0.','0.','|SE RECHAZA B20CS50SNW ^M
^M
SE RECHAZAN CINCO PZAS ^M
DOS MOD. HSC15I41EH,DOS MOD. HSK15I41EH |Agregó: 06/06/2009 12:22:50
|','DEV. A PROV.'
'31','0.','50.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','',''
'32','0.','9.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','',''
'33','0.','2.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','0.','',''
How can I solve this ?
Kind regards
J.A

2.- I move the files to Oracle server Open and see the file at this level, you may find the junk characters appended at every line. This occurs due to file transfer. (if so which mode you used while transfering the file?)
Workaround:
Try moving files through Binary mode
Rgd
KSG

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