Lan Barnes wrote:
IIRC there is a utility that converts Linux and DOS test. unix2dos or
somesuch. Really just EOLn.
apropos and google haven't helped. So I'll just ask.
??
Tell Mark Wolfe I'm asking before writing my own ;-)
My favorite ....
#!/usr/bin/perl
# le - line ending conversion utility
# Written by T.R. Fullhart, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# Default line ending = unix newline
my $lineending = "\n";
# Get type
my $type = shift @ARGV;
if( $type =~ /unix/ ) {
$lineending = "\012";
} elsif( $type =~ /dos/ ) {
$lineending = "\015\012";
} elsif( $type =~ /mac/ ) {
$lineending = "\015";
} else {
print "Usage: $0 --unix|--dos|--mac\n�";
exit 1;
}
# Collate rest of args into file array
my @files = @ARGV;
# Read each file in turn, convert, and overwrite
for my $file ( @files ) {
open FILE, $file or next; # thanks turnstep
my @lines = <FILE>;
close FILE;
foreach my $i ( 0..$#lines ) {
@lines[$i] =~ s/(\012|\015\012?)/$lineending/g;
}
open FILE,">$file";
print FILE @lines;
close FILE;
}
# End of le
David Looney
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