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   6 Section: User Commands  (1)<BR>Updated: dos2unix v3.0<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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  10 <A NAME="lbAB">&nbsp;</A>
  11 <H2>NAME</H2>
  12
  13 <P>
  14 dos2unix - DOS/MAC to UNIX text file format converter
  15 <P>
  16 <A NAME="lbAC">&nbsp;</A>
  17 <H2>SYNOPSYS</H2>
  18
  19 <P>
  20 dos2unix [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 plain text
  35 files in DOS/MAC format to UNIX 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>dos2unix</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>dos2unix a.txt b.txt</B>
 101
 102 <DT><DD>
 103 <B>dos2unix -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 Convert c.txt from Mac to Unix ascii format.
 112 <DL COMPACT>
 113 <DT><DD>
 114 <B>dos2unix a.txt -c iso b.txt</B>
 115
 116 <DT><DD>
 117 <B>dos2unix -c ascii a.txt -c iso b.txt</B>
 118
 119 <DT><DD>
 120 <B>dos2unix -c mac a.txt  b.txt</B>
 121
 122 <P>
 123 </DL>
 124 <P>
 125
 126 Convert and replace a.txt while keeping original date stamp.
 127 <DL COMPACT>
 128 <DT><DD>
 129 <B>dos2unix -k a.txt</B>
 130
 131 <DT><DD>
 132 <B>dos2unix -k -o a.txt</B>
 133
 134 <P>
 135 </DL>
 136 <P>
 137
 138 Convert a.txt and write to e.txt.
 139 <DL COMPACT>
 140 <DT><DD>
 141 <B>dos2unix -n a.txt e.txt</B>
 142
 143 <P>
 144 </DL>
 145 <P>
 146
 147 Convert a.txt and write to e.txt, keep date stamp of e.txt same as a.txt.
 148 <DL COMPACT>
 149 <DT><DD>
 150 <B>dos2unix -k -n a.txt e.txt </B>
 151
 152 <P>
 153 </DL>
 154 <P>
 155
 156 Convert and replace a.txt. Convert b.txt and write to e.txt.
 157 <DL COMPACT>
 158 <DT><DD>
 159 <B>dos2unix a.txt -n b.txt e.txt</B>
 160
 161 <DT><DD>
 162 <B>dos2unix -o a.txt -n b.txt e.txt</B>
 163
 164 <P>
 165 </DL>
 166 <P>
 167
 168 Convert c.txt and write to e.txt. Convert and replace a.txt.
 169 Convert and replace b.txt. Convert d.txt and write to f.txt.
 170 <DL COMPACT>
 171 <DT><DD>
 172 <B>dos2unix -n c.txt e.txt -o a.txt b.txt -n d.txt f.txt</B>
 173
 174 <P>
 175 </DL>
 176 <A NAME="lbAG">&nbsp;</A>
 177 <H2>DIAGNOSTICS</H2>
 178
 179 <P>
 180 <A NAME="lbAH">&nbsp;</A>
 181 <H2>BUGS</H2>
 182
 183 <P>
 184 The program does not work properly under MSDOS in stdio processing mode.
 185 If you know why is that so, please tell me.
 186 <P>
 187 <A NAME="lbAI">&nbsp;</A>
 188 <H2>AUTHORS</H2>
 189
 190 <P>
 191 Benjamin Lin -
 192 <B>&lt;<A HREF="mailto:blin@socs.uts.edu.au">blin@socs.uts.edu.au</A>&gt;</B>
 193
 194 <P>
 195 <P>
 196 Bernd Johannes Wuebben (mac2unix mode)
 197 <B>&lt;<A HREF="mailto:wuebben@kde.org">wuebben@kde.org</A>&gt;</B>
 198
 199 <P>
 200 <P>
 201 <A NAME="lbAJ">&nbsp;</A>
 202 <H2>MISCELLANY</H2>
 203
 204 <P>
 205 Tested environment:
 206 <DL COMPACT>
 207 <DT><DD>
 208 Linux 1.2.0 with GNU C 2.5.8
 209 <DT><DD>
 210 SunOS 4.1.3 with GNU C 2.6.3
 211 <DT><DD>
 212 MS-DOS 6.20 with Borland C++ 4.02
 213 </DL>
 214 <P>
 215
 216 Suggestions and bug reports are welcome.
 217 <P>
 218 <A NAME="lbAK">&nbsp;</A>
 219 <H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
 220
 221 <A HREF="http://localhost/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+unix2dos">unix2dos</A>(1) <A HREF="http://localhost/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+mac2unix">mac2unix</A>(1)
 222 <P>
 223 <P>
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 225 <HR>
 226 <A NAME="index">&nbsp;</A><H2>Index</H2>
 227 <DL>
 228 <DT><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
 229 <DT><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSYS</A><DD>
 230 <DT><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
 231 <DT><A HREF="#lbAE">OPTIONS</A><DD>
 232 <DT><A HREF="#lbAF">EXAMPLES</A><DD>
 233 <DT><A HREF="#lbAG">DIAGNOSTICS</A><DD>
 234 <DT><A HREF="#lbAH">BUGS</A><DD>
 235 <DT><A HREF="#lbAI">AUTHORS</A><DD>
 236 <DT><A HREF="#lbAJ">MISCELLANY</A><DD>
 237 <DT><A HREF="#lbAK">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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