DOS2UNIX(1) BSD General Commands Manual DOS2UNIX(1)NAMEdos2unix — convert ASCII files from DOS's CR/LF to UNIX's LF
SYNOPSISdos2unix [-p] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
When called without parameters, the dos2unix utility reads from the stan‐
dard input, transforming CR/LF pairs into an LF character and writing it
to the standard output. If there's at least one filename specified, the
file operands are processed in command line order, reading from the files
specified and overwriting them with the converted version.
If the [-p] option is given, both the access and modification time of the
original file are preserved.
It's important to note that the dos2unix utility is the same program as
the unix2dos(1) utility. It simply checks its name to see what operation
is expected. If you change the name of the binary, dos2unix will default
to converting files from UNIX to DOS.
RETURN VALUES
The dos2unix utility exits 0 on success, and 1 if there was an error pro‐
cessing any of the files. Note however that execution of the program does
not stop if one of the files has a problem. The offending file is simply
skipped and processing of the remaining files continues.
SEE ALSOunix2dos(1)NOTES
All complains, or even better, suggestions should be addressed to the
author Oscar Bonilla <obonilla@galileo.edu>
Feb 24, 1998
