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   6 Section: User Commands  (1)<BR>Updated: unix2dos v2.2<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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  10 <A NAME="lbAB">&nbsp;</A>
  11 <H2>NAME</H2>
  12
  13 <P>
  14 unix2dos - UNIX to DOS text file format converter
  15 <P>
  16 <A NAME="lbAC">&nbsp;</A>
  17 <H2>SYNOPSYS</H2>
  18
  19 <P>
  20 unix2dos [options] [-c convmode] [-o file ...] [-n infile outfile ...]
  21 <P>
  22
  23 Options:
  24 <P>
  25
  26 [-hkqV] [--help] [--keepdate] [--quiet] [--version]
  27 <P>
  28 <A NAME="lbAD">&nbsp;</A>
  29 <H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
  30
  31 <P>
  32 <P>
  33
  34 This manual page documents dos2unix, the program that converts text
  35 files in UNIX format to DOS format.
  36 <P>
  37 <A NAME="lbAE">&nbsp;</A>
  38 <H2>OPTIONS</H2>
  39
  40 <P>
  41 The following options are available:
  42 <DL COMPACT>
  43 <DT><B>-h --help</B>
  44
  45 <DD>
  46 Print online help.
  47 <P>
  48 <DT><B>-k --keepdate</B>
  49
  50 <DD>
  51 Keep the date stamp of output file same as input file.
  52 <P>
  53 <DT><B>-q --quiet</B>
  54
  55 <DD>
  56 Quiet mode. Suppress all warning and messages.
  57 <P>
  58 <DT><B>-V --version</B>
  59
  60 <DD>
  61 Prints version information.
  62 <P>
  63 <DT><B>-c --convmode convmode</B>
  64
  65 <DD>
  66 Sets conversion mode. Simulates dos2unix under SunOS.
  67 <P>
  68 <DT><B>-o --oldfile file ...</B>
  69
  70 <DD>
  71 Old file mode. Convert the file and write output to it. The program
  72 default to run in this mode. Wildcard names may be used.
  73 <P>
  74 <DT><B>-n --newfile infile outfile ...</B>
  75
  76 <DD>
  77 New file mode. Convert the infile and write output to outfile. File names
  78 must be given in pairs and wildcard names should NOT be used or you WILL
  79 lost your files.
  80 <P>
  81 </DL>
  82 <A NAME="lbAF">&nbsp;</A>
  83 <H2>EXAMPLES</H2>
  84
  85 <P>
  86 <P>
  87
  88 Get input from stdin and write output to stdout.
  89 <DL COMPACT>
  90 <DT><DD>
  91 <B>unix2dos</B>
  92
  93 <P>
  94 </DL>
  95 <P>
  96
  97 Convert and replace a.txt. Convert and replace b.txt.
  98 <DL COMPACT>
  99 <DT><DD>
 100 <B>unix2dos a.txt b.txt</B>
 101
 102 <DT><DD>
 103 <B>unix2dos -o a.txt b.txt</B>
 104
 105 <P>
 106 </DL>
 107 <P>
 108
 109 Convert and replace a.txt in ASCII conversion mode.
 110 Convert and replace b.txt in ISO conversion mode.
 111 <DL COMPACT>
 112 <DT><DD>
 113 <B>dos2unix a.txt -c iso b.txt</B>
 114
 115 <DT><DD>
 116 <B>dos2unix -c ascii a.txt -c iso b.txt</B>
 117
 118 <P>
 119 </DL>
 120 <P>
 121
 122 Convert and replace a.txt while keeping original date stamp.
 123 <DL COMPACT>
 124 <DT><DD>
 125 <B>unix2dos -k a.txt</B>
 126
 127 <DT><DD>
 128 <B>unix2dos -k -o a.txt</B>
 129
 130 <P>
 131 </DL>
 132 <P>
 133
 134 Convert a.txt and write to e.txt.
 135 <DL COMPACT>
 136 <DT><DD>
 137 <B>unix2dos -n a.txt e.txt</B>
 138
 139 <P>
 140 </DL>
 141 <P>
 142
 143 Convert a.txt and write to e.txt, keep date stamp of e.txt same as a.txt.
 144 <DL COMPACT>
 145 <DT><DD>
 146 <B>unix2dos -k -n a.txt e.txt </B>
 147
 148 <P>
 149 </DL>
 150 <P>
 151
 152 Convert and replace a.txt. Convert b.txt and write to e.txt.
 153 <DL COMPACT>
 154 <DT><DD>
 155 <B>unix2dos a.txt -n b.txt e.txt</B>
 156
 157 <DT><DD>
 158 <B>unix2dos -o a.txt -n b.txt e.txt</B>
 159
 160 <P>
 161 </DL>
 162 <P>
 163
 164 Convert c.txt and write to e.txt. Convert and replace a.txt.
 165 Convert and replace b.txt. Convert d.txt and write to f.txt.
 166 <DL COMPACT>
 167 <DT><DD>
 168 <B>unix2dos -n c.txt e.txt -o a.txt b.txt -n d.txt f.txt</B>
 169
 170 <P>
 171 </DL>
 172 <A NAME="lbAG">&nbsp;</A>
 173 <H2>DIAGNOSTICS</H2>
 174
 175 <P>
 176 <A NAME="lbAH">&nbsp;</A>
 177 <H2>BUGS</H2>
 178
 179 <P>
 180 The program does not work properly under MSDOS in stdio processing mode.
 181 If you know why is that so, please tell me.
 182 <P>
 183 <A NAME="lbAI">&nbsp;</A>
 184 <H2>AUTHOR</H2>
 185
 186 <P>
 187 Benjamin Lin - (
 188 <B><A HREF="mailto:blin@socs.uts.edu.au">blin@socs.uts.edu.au</A></B>
 189
 190 )
 191 <P>
 192 <A NAME="lbAJ">&nbsp;</A>
 193 <H2>MISCELLANY</H2>
 194
 195 <P>
 196 Tested environment:
 197 <DL COMPACT>
 198 <DT><DD>
 199 Linux 1.2.0 with GNU C 2.5.8
 200 <DT><DD>
 201 SunOS 4.1.3 with GNU C 2.6.3
 202 <DT><DD>
 203 MS-DOS 6.20 with Borland C++ 4.02
 204 </DL>
 205 <P>
 206
 207 Suggestions and bug reports are welcome.
 208 <P>
 209 <A NAME="lbAK">&nbsp;</A>
 210 <H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
 211
 212 <A HREF="http://localhost/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+dos2unix">dos2unix</A>(1)
 213 <P>
 214 <P>
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 217 <A NAME="index">&nbsp;</A><H2>Index</H2>
 218 <DL>
 219 <DT><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
 220 <DT><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSYS</A><DD>
 221 <DT><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
 222 <DT><A HREF="#lbAE">OPTIONS</A><DD>
 223 <DT><A HREF="#lbAF">EXAMPLES</A><DD>
 224 <DT><A HREF="#lbAG">DIAGNOSTICS</A><DD>
 225 <DT><A HREF="#lbAH">BUGS</A><DD>
 226 <DT><A HREF="#lbAI">AUTHOR</A><DD>
 227 <DT><A HREF="#lbAJ">MISCELLANY</A><DD>
 228 <DT><A HREF="#lbAK">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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