Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 19:53:15 -0600 (CST) From: hawkeyd@visi.com (D J Hawkey Jr) To: wblock@wonkity.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tool/method to convert DOS line endings to UNIX line endings Message-ID: <200212040153.gB41rF154346@sheol.localdomain> References: <Pine.SGI.3.96.1021203155019.243744X-100000_y.dev.wamnet.com@ns.sol.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0212031550360.12062-100000_wonkity.com@ns.sol.net>
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[Posted and mailed] In article <Pine.BSF.4.21.0212031550360.12062-100000_wonkity.com@ns.sol.net>, wblock@wonkity.com writes: > On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Lee J Carmichael wrote: > >> If you are going from DOS to Unix you could use the following perl script: > > [script snipped] > > It's a bit easier if you let Perl do the heavy lifting: > > perl -pi -e 's/\r//g' file-to-convert Even easier (and "lighter") if you ditch the perl: sed -e 's/\r//g' input >output I like the tr(1) conversion too, but I always seem to think in terms of sed(1) and awk(1). > -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA :-) Dave -- Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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