* Tue 2007-09-18 Eric Blake <ebb9-PGZyUNKar/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Message-Id: 46EFC080.7050402 AT byu.net > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > According to Jari Aalto on 9/14/2007 5:57 AM: >> * Fri 2007-09-14 Carlo Florendo <subscribermail-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w AT >> public.gmane.org> >> * Message-Id: 46EA5BF2.1020701 AT gmail.com >>> Jari Aalto wrote: >>> >>>> The legendary \n <=> \r\n end of line converter. Included in Debian >>>> stable >>>> >>>> http://packages.debian.org/flip >>> Wow! and I thought we had d2u and u2d :) > > Does debian provide d2u at all? If all debian provides is flip, then that > is a stronger argument for uploading flip. I'm passing on uploading this > until we get a little more consensus as to whether this is duplicate > functionality, or whether it is providing more usability to users used to > debian.
The is no u2d, d2u programs according to file seach at http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_contents "apt-get cache search" results with keywords 'unix', 'convert': flip - convert text file line endings between Unix and DOS formats /usr/bin/flip /usr/bin/toix /usr/bin/toms /usr/share/man/man1 /usr/share/man/man1/flip.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/toix.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/toms.1.gz tofrodos - Converts DOS <-> Unix text files, alias tofromdos /usr/bin/dos2unix /usr/bin/fromdos /usr/bin/todos /usr/bin/unix2dos /usr/share/man/man1/dos2unix.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/todos.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/unix2dos.1.gz Pretty much similar, except that the options behave differently. flip -u (the -u signifies the destination format) fromdos -u (the -u signifies the source format) Jari