tofrodos
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NAME
tofrodos
- Converts text files between DOS and Unix formats.
SYNOPSIS
fromdos
[
options
] [file...]
todos
[
options
] [file...]
DESCRIPTION
DOS text files traditionally have carriage return and line feed pairs
as their newline characters while Unix text files have the line feed
as their newline character.
fromdos
converts text files from the DOS format to the Unix format, while
todos
converts text files from the Unix format to the DOS format.
The programs accept multiple filenames and wildcards as their arguments.
You may also use them in a pipe.
If either program finds its input redirected, it will process stdin
and place the output on stdout.
OPTIONS
- -a
-
Always convert. If converting from DOS to Unix, this option will
cause the program to remove ALL carriage returns. The default is to
remove carriage returns only if they are followed by line feeds.
If converting from
Unix to DOS, this option will cause the program to convert ALL
linefeeds to carriage return pairs. The default is to convert linefeeds
only if they are not already preceeded by a carriage return.
- -b
-
Make a backup of original file. The original
file is renamed with the original filename and a
.bak
extension.
- -d
-
Convert from DOS to Unix. This forces the program to convert the file in
a particular direction. By default, if the program is named
fromdos
or
dos2unix,
it will assume that the input file is in a DOS format and convert it to
a Unix format. If the program is named
todos
or
unix2dos,
it will assume that the input file is in a Unix format and convert it to
a DOS format. Using the
-d
option forces the program to convert from a DOS format
to a Unix format regardless of how the program is named. Likewise, using the
-u
option forces the program to convert from a Unix format to a DOS format
regardless of the name of the program.
- -e
-
Abort processing on any error in any file. Normally, the program will
simply skip to process the next file on the command line when it encounters
any errors. This option causes it to abort on errors.
- -f
-
Force: convert even if the file is not writeable (read-only). By default,
if
fromdos
or
todos
finds that the file does not have write permission, it will not process
that file. This option forces the conversion even if the file is read-only.
- -h
-
Display a short help screen on the program usage and quit.
- -o
-
Overwrite the original file (no backup). This is the default.
- -u
-
Convert from DOS to Unix. See the
-d
option above for more information.
- -v
-
Verbose.
- -V
-
Show version message and quit.
AUTHOR
The program and its documentation is copyrighted (c) 1996 by Christopher
S L Heng. All rights reserved. They are distributed under the terms of
the GNU General Public License Version 2.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- AUTHOR
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