Re: How convert PC text to UNIX ascii
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On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, [iso-8859-1] André Bell wrote:
> Here's one solution from http://ume.med.ucalgary.ca/usenet/Linux/0053.html:
>
> -------------------- save as dos2unix ---------------------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> sed 's/^M//' $1
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------------- save as unix2dos ---------------------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> sed 's/$/^M/' $1
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Note that the `^M' has to be produced by pressing `Ctrl-V Ctrl-M' in vi, or
> `Ctrl-QCtrl-M' in emacs. Then you can do, e.g., `dos2unix < unixfile >
> dosfile' and `unix2dos < unixfile > dosfile'.
> ----- end ------
>
> Those look like perl scripts. If so it's just that I'm unfamiliar with the
> SED command that is throwing me off. I'll try each as a perl script anyways
> just to be sure.
Actually, they're shell scripts. They use /bin/sh to interpret, while perl
uses /usr/bin/perl. sed is a program whose main feature is similar to
Perl's s/// command. man sed for more info.
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