If this is a text file and you want to change the unix line terminator (linefeed) into the MSDOS line terminator carriage-return/linefeed there are many ways of doing this.
e.g.
Some unixes have utilities for this such as "unix2dos" and "dos2unix".
Hi, I've got a file where in the middle of the record is a $ end of line character, visible only when I open the file in vi and do :set list. How to I get rid of the character in the middle and keep it at the end. The middle $ character always appears after SW, so that can be used to tag it.... (3 Replies)
HI i am having a file this
(sys19:pnlfct:/pfact/temp>) cat temp_sand
1234567890
1234567890
1234567890
1234567890
I want to make this file as
(sys19:pnlfct:/pfact/temp>) cat temp_sand
1456789023
1456789023
1456789023
1456789023
just take the 2nd and 3rd position and put it... (5 Replies)
hi all, i have this question: How to add new line character at the end of a file????
i need this because i am loading a file to sybase and i have problems with the last record
thanks for your help (5 Replies)
Hi,
i want to append a character '|' at end of each line of a file abc.txt.
for example if the file abc.txt conatins:
a|b|c
1|2|33
w|2|11
i want result file xyz.txt
a|b|c|
1|2|33|
w|2|11|
I know this is simple but sumhow i am not able to reach end of line.
its urgent, thanks for... (4 Replies)
Hi All
I have a file which conatins record.the length of every records is 47.
problem : in the end of record i don't have a "\015" character.
i want to add this "\015" charcter in the end of every record.
the file contains something like 700 records.
i've tried with sed command - nothing.
... (8 Replies)
I need to remove new line character from end of file.
Suppose here are content.
a|b|c|d|r
a|b|c|d|r
a|b|c|d|r
<new line>
that means file contains 4 lines but data is there in 3 lines.
so I want that only 3 lines should be there in file.
Please help (20 Replies)
how to Remove comma as last charector in end of last line of file:
example:
input file
---------------
aaaaaa,
bbbbbb,
cccc,
12345,
____________
output file :
-----------
aaaaaa,
bbbbbb, (6 Replies)
Hai,
I have got a small requirement in my script. and i am using bash shell. I need to add a dot (.) for some particular line in a file. Say for example,
$Cat rmfile
1 This is line1
2 This is line2
3 This is line3
O/p should be :
$Cat rmfile
1 This is line1
2 This is line2. #... (2 Replies)
Hi All,
I have following piece of code in UNIX C Shell script and I want to add one more command which can add newline at the end of file only if there is no newline character exists.
foreach file (`ls $dd_PLAYCARD_EDI_IN`)
if ( -f $dd_PLAYCARD_EDI_IN/${file} ) then
cat -n... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I would like have a shell script to check every line in a file to see if it ends with ";". If this is NOT the last character ";" should be added.
MyFile.csv :
web9331801;01/01/2014 23:39:35;;"93962";353150256;
web9331802;01/01/2014 23:44:29;;"479288";353153538;
web9331803;01/01/2014... (14 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
flip
FLIP(1) Linux Programmer's Manual FLIP(1)NAME
flip, toms, toix - do newline conversions between **IX and MS-DOS
SYNOPSIS
flip -h
flip [ -umvtsbz] file ...
flip [ -umvtsbz] -
toix [ -vtsbz] file ...
toms [ -vtsbz] file ...
DESCRIPTION
flip is a file interchange program that converts text file formats between **ix and MS-DOS. It converts lines ending with carriage-return
(CR) and linefeed (LF) to lines ending with just linefeed, or vice versa. If the special argument "-" is given, input is read from stdin
and written to stdout.
flip has the following features:
flip will normally refuse to convert binary files. You can override this.
When asked to convert a file to the same format that it already has, flip causes no change to the file. Thus to convert all files
to **IX format you can type
flip -u *
and all files will end up right, regardless of whether they were in MS-DOS or in **IX format to begin with. This also works in the
opposite direction.
If a file contains isolated CR characters for underlining or overprinting, flip does not change them.
flip preserves file timestamps. You can override this.
flip preserves file permissions.
flip is written in C and will compile and run under MS-DOS/Turbo C, 4.3BSD, and System V.
flip accepts wildcards and multiple filenames on the command line.
If a user interrupt aborts flip, it does not leave behind any garbage files or cause corruption of the files being converted.
When converting from MS-DOS to **IX format, flip removes any trailing control Z (the last character in the file), but leaves embed-
ded control Z characters unchanged. This minimizes the possibility of accidentally converting a binary file that contains a control
Z near the beginning. You can override this and ask flip to recognize the first control Z found as end-of-file.
flip can be asked to strip the high (parity) bit as it converts a file.
flip is normally invoked as:
flip -umhvtb file ...
One of -u, -m, or -h is required. Switches may be given separately or combined together after a dash. For example, the three command
lines given below are equivalent:
flip -uvt *.c
flip -u -v -t *.c
flip -u -vt *.c
On systems that allow a program to know its own name, flip may be renamed (or linked) to a file called toix for conversion to **IX format,
or to a file called toms for conversion to MS-DOS format. When invoked with the name toix or toms, flip will act as if it were invoked
with the -u or -m option respectively.
OPTIONS -u Convert to **IX format (CR LF => LF, lone CR or LF unchanged, trailing control Z removed, embedded control Z unchanged).
-m Convert to MS-DOS format (lone LF => CR LF, lone CR unchanged).
-h Give a help message.
-v Be verbose, print filenames as they are processed.
-t Touch files (don't preserve timestamps).
-s Strip high bit.
-b Convert binary files too (else binary files are left unchanged).
-z Truncate file at first control Z encountered.
AUTHOR
Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>.
SEE ALSO unix2dos(1), dos2unix(1).
Linux 2.0 July 20, 2002 FLIP(1)