the difference between dos & unix is terminator

[susan e paolini]

the difference is:

from caldera's site....

     File type     This option allows you to control how the
                   file  is  saved.  For  example  on a Unix
                   machine you may want to translate  a  DOS
                   file  (a  file which terminates each line
                   in CR/LF characters) and have it saved as
                   a  Unix  file.  By default a file will be
                   saved in the same mode as it was  loaded.
                   The options are as follows:

                        Normal   Save  file  in same mode as
                                 it was loaded with.

                        Text     Lines are terminated  in  a
                                 LF character only.

                        Binary   Lines  are  not  terminated
                                 with a CR or LF character.

                        DOS      Lines  will  be  terminated
                                 with a CR and LF character.
                                 (Note that no  Ctrl-Z  will
                                 be  appended  to the end of
                                 the file even  if  one  was
                                 supplied  when the file was
                                 read  in.  The  terminating
                                 Ctrl-Z  is  a hangover from
                                 MS-DOS 1.0 and is no longer
                                 need   in  text  files  for
                                 DOS).


Jonathan Jefferies wrote:

> "Jimmy C. Thomson" wrote:
> >
> > A text file is just a text file, no conversion needed.
> >
>
> Yes and no.  Believe there is a difference in that unix uses just
> a LF to terminate a line while dos most often uses a CRLF.
> And the CRLF makes the text look weird.  You can correct
> this with vi, tran and I believe I have a utility called
> dos2unix.
>
> Jonathan