Hi,
like to ask why when i tried to run my .sh file to convert maybe a text file using dos2unix -ascii ${DATAFILE5} ${DATAFILE5} i got an error saying :
could not open /dev/kbd to get keyboard type US keyboard assumed
could not get keyboard type US keyboard assumed
You don't mention what OS and version - here is the same problem from Solaris X86 found on Sunsolve.
Quote:
Both dos2unix and unix2dos print out:
could not open /dev/kbd to get keyboard type US keyboard assumed
could not get keyboard type US keyboard assumed
This is a problem because:
1. There is no /dev/kbd.
2. Even if there was a /dev/kbd, these programs are trying to
do the keyboard ioctl KIOCLAYOUT that returns the nationality of the
keyboard.
Under x86 the I don't think that the keyboard ioctl exists, and the
keyboards do not
have unique gettable numbers that are the nationality. Some other scheme
would be necessary.
Work Around Ignore the message, or use the intuitive -437 flag.
Is this Sun Solaris? I'm not sure why that message pops up, but there's alot of documentation on the 'net about that error popping up for different reasons. They all say it's okay to just ignore it...
HI just to add some info.
when opening the file, using vi of course, do the following :
:1,$s/<CTRL>+<v> <CTRL>+<m>//g
This would do the following :
:1,$s # substitute from line 1 till the end
/<CTRL>+<v> <CTRL>+<m>/ # ctrl+v for a special character, named ctrl+m
//g # and replace it with nothing, do this multiple times per line
I'm not sure why but my script quits automatically at the point where unix2dos / dos2unix command is used. :confused::confused::confused:
How do a fix it?
LOG_FILE=MADDY.txt
unix2dos ${LOG_FILE}
exec 2> $LOG_FILE 1>&2
echo ${LOG_FILE}
The script exists after the below... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I have to test to see if dos2unix is installed on the machine. Right now I am typing in dos2unix and hitting ctrl C. Is there a better workaround for this. If dos2unix is there is need to print the statement saying its there and vice versa. How can i accomplish this.
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Hi,
I was trying to dos2unix a file that has some special characters but dos2unix converted those into different format. I am working on sun server.
I guess the default for dos2unix on sun server is ISO format .
Can i change the format so that it does the conversion in UTF format?
Because I... (3 Replies)
hi friends i am using the dos2unix command to remove the ^M characters coming at the end of each line , but i getting the folowing message:
> dos2unix file.sql
could not open /dev/kbd to get keyboard type US keyboard assumed
could not get keyboard type US keyboard assumed
---------file... (6 Replies)
if (my $temp2=$b2e_r->cmd(cmd=>"dos2unix $b2e_file_name"))
Even if it fails as,
Jul 25 17:17:02 dos2unix /volume/systest/hello_manoj.results
dos2unix /volume/systest/hello_manoj.results
dos2unix: converting file /volume/systest/hello_manoj.results to UNIX format ...
Failed to open... (3 Replies)
hi,
need some urgent inputs.....
I have a folder, which has both files and directories as its contents.
I want to convert all the files (Excluding the directories) from dos to unix mode using the command 'dos2unix'.....
please can any one help me in providing the command to convert... (3 Replies)
Hi,
Does anyone know, how to use dos2unix command for binary files? When i am using the command, the binary file gets converted to ASCII file. I want binary file to remain in the binary format. (4 Replies)
Hi All,
I want to use the command "dos2unix" to format the file line break from win to unix,
but after changing the file permission has been change to 600.
how can i keep the original permisson after formatting?
Many thz (2 Replies)
Greetings-
are there any pitfalls/costs/etc to be aware of using the "$dos2unix <filename>" utility in Solaris 8? does it really work as simply as it's described / recommended in other threads ?
We want to establish the procedure / develop a script or procedure to automatically strip out ^M... (1 Reply)
07-17-2003
Asking on dos2unix syntax