Unwanted character in Receiving Files at FTP

Hi All,
We have scenario where I am sending the files(NFS) to FTP,just like file to file scenario. It seems to every thing is fine but when I look at that files in receiver side(FTP) there is a special charcter placed in end of each record. ^M
like this :
werrtt, 123224214, fsdaff,^M
dsfdsf,6756767,dsfsffdff,^M
Do you have any idea why it(^M) is coming, do I need to use Unicodes for aviod that ? currently I am using binary/format in channel. If I dont send those files to FTP , then I dont see that character.
Our FTP on Unix and Files picking from windows(NFS).
How to avoid this special character(^M)?, Is this based on FTP behaviour or environment problem?
Thanks,
Shankar

> This has resolved the issue but I believe instead of unix script if we can handle in XI itself, it will be too good.
You can do this in PI, but it is a cumbersome:
Put following modules in the module before the standard module:
1. Use the StrictXml2PlainBean instead of the content conversion in file adapter
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nwpi71/helpdata/EN/44/748d595dab6fb5e10000000a155369/frameset.htm
2.ConvertCRLFfromToLF
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nwpi71/helpdata/EN/96/f04142099eb76be10000000a155106/frameset.htm

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