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Converting To Unix file format

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Presentation

The files in Windows format may cause problems. But there is a small command line to change their format and convert them to Unix file format.

Converting a file from Windows to Unix

To do this, simply run the command:

sed -e "s/^V^M//" $1

The Script

Here is the dos2ux script, to transform a file in DOS format, to Unix format

#####################################################
# Script dos2ux                                     #
# Autheur: Jerome DESMOULINS - Avril 2008           #
#          http://www.desmoulins.fr                 #
#####################################################
# Converts a file back to Unix                      #
#####################################################

#Variables
TmpFile=/tmp/dos2ux_`date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S`.tmp

#Convert to Unix format and save in a temporary file
sed -e "s/^V^M//" $1 > $TmpFile

#Writing the final file
rm $1
mv $TmpFile $1

 

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