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Old 03-18-2009
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Retain File Timestamp

There are directories of files that I have to run the dos2ux command on to get ride of the carriage return characters. Easy enough, but I have to retain the original timestamps on the files. I am thinking that I am going to have to strip off the timestamp for each file and convert it to unix time and then run touch against each file after recreating the file with dos2ux. This is probably as clear as mud, but does anyone have any elegant ideas for accomplishing this?

I am planning to loop through the listing but my elegance lags when I try am trying to figure out the best way to do the conversion. Or am I missing some tool available on HP-UX that will not alter the timestamp but will remove the ^M from the end of every line? Thanks in advance.