10-28-2002
File formats on UNIX and other platforms (win, mac) differ in the way they interpret newline char (LF on UNIX, CRLF on win, CR on mac)... I have used dos2ux on hp-ux and I didn't see any problems with it..
as I expected it replaced CRLF with a LF so that I don't see the ^M (vi shows a CR as ^M)...
if you want to verify it in a test that nothing else is changed, you can try sed or some utility to add a CR to the dos2ux output and reverse compare it with the original dos file
fyi, CR = 015 and LF = 012 in octal...
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dos2unix
dos2unix(1) General Commands Manual dos2unix(1)
NAME
dos2unix - mtools utility to convert a DOS file to UNIX
SYNOPSIS
dos2unix msdosfile
OPTIONS
None
OPERANDS
Name of the file to convert.
DESCRIPTION
The dos2unix command converts a file from DOS format to UNIX format. The converted file replaces the original file.
Subdirectory names that contain the '/' or '' separator are supported. If you use the '' separator or wildcards, you must enclose file
names in quotes to protect them from the shell.
The mcd command can be used to establish the device and the current working directory (relative to DOS), otherwise the default is A:.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: Success. Failure.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables affect the execution of dos2unix: If set, this variable names the file that contains the name of the
current mtools working directory as established by the mcd command. If this variable is not set, the file $HOME/.mcwd is used.
FILES
Contains the name of the current mtools working directory as established by the mcd command. If this file does not exist, the default
mtools working directory is A:. Executable file
SEE ALSO
Commands: mcopy(1), mread(1), mtools(1) mtype(1), mwrite(1)
dos2unix(1)