--- a/src/cm/utils/string_utils.py	Sat Feb 13 11:54:11 2010 +0100
+++ b/src/cm/utils/string_utils.py	Sat Feb 13 12:02:23 2010 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import chardet
+import re
 
 def to_unicode(input):
     if type(input) == str:
@@ -12,4 +13,9 @@
         if not res:
             raise Exception('UnicodeDecodeError: could not decode')
         return res
-    return input
\ No newline at end of file
+    return input
+
+# strip carriage returns
+def strip_cr(input):
+    return re.sub('\r\n|\r|\n', '\n', input)
+