dos2unix
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Updated: dos2unix v3.0
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NAME
dos2unix – DOS/MAC to UNIX text file format converter
SYNOPSYS
dos2unix [options] [-c convmode] [-o file ...] [-n infile outfile ...]
Options:
[-hkqV] [--help] [--keepdate] [--quiet] [--version]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents dos2unix, the program that converts plain text
files in DOS/MAC format to UNIX format.
OPTIONS
The following options are available:
- -h –help
Print online help.
-k –keepdate
Keep the date stamp of output file same as input file.
-q –quiet
Quiet mode. Suppress all warning and messages.
-V –version
Prints version information.
-c –convmode convmode
Sets conversion mode. Where convmode is one of:
ASCII, 7bit, ISO, Mac
with ASCII being the default.
Simulates dos2unix under SunOS.
-o –oldfile file …
Old file mode. Convert the file and write output to it. The program
default to run in this mode. Wildcard names may be used.
-n –newfile infile outfile …
New file mode. Convert the infile and write output to outfile. File names
must be given in pairs and wildcard names should NOT be used or you WILL
lost your files.
EXAMPLES
Get input from stdin and write output to stdout.
dos2unix
Convert and replace a.txt. Convert and replace b.txt.
dos2unix a.txt b.txt dos2unix -o a.txt b.txt
Convert and replace a.txt in ASCII conversion mode.
dos2unix a.txt -c iso b.txt
Convert and replace b.txt in ISO conversion mode.
dos2unix -c ascii a.txt -c iso b.txt
Convert c.txt from Mac to Unix ascii format.
dos2unix -c mac c.txt b.txt
Convert and replace a.txt while keeping original date stamp.
dos2unix -k a.txt dos2unix -k -o a.txt
Convert a.txt and write to e.txt.
dos2unix -n a.txt e.txt
Convert a.txt and write to e.txt, keep date stamp of e.txt same as a.txt.
dos2unix -k -n a.txt e.txt
Convert and replace a.txt. Convert b.txt and write to e.txt.
dos2unix a.txt -n b.txt e.txt dos2unix -o a.txt -n b.txt e.txt
Convert c.txt and write to e.txt. Convert and replace a.txt.
Convert and replace b.txt. Convert d.txt and write to f.txt.
dos2unix -n c.txt e.txt -o a.txt b.txt -n d.txt f.txt
DIAGNOSTICS
BUGS
The program does not work properly under MSDOS in stdio processing mode.
If you know why is that so, please tell me.
AUTHORS
Benjamin Lin -
<blin@socs.uts.edu.au>
Bernd Johannes Wuebben (mac2unix mode)
<wuebben@kde.org>
MISCELLANY
Tested environment:
- Linux 1.2.0 with GNU C 2.5.8
SunOS 4.1.3 with GNU C 2.6.3
MS-DOS 6.20 with Borland C++ 4.02
Suggestions and bug reports are welcome.
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