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dos2unix(1)							   dos2unix(1)

NAME
       dos2unix - DOS/MAC to UNIX text file format converter

SYNOPSYS
       dos2unix [options] [-c convmode] [-o file ...] [-n infile outfile ...]

       Options:

       [-hkqV] [--help] [--keepdate] [--quiet] [--version]

DESCRIPTION
       This  manual  page  documents dos2unix, the program that converts plain
       text files in DOS/MAC format to UNIX format.

OPTIONS
       The following options are available:

       -h --help
	      Print online help.

       -k --keepdate
	      Keep the date stamp of output file same as input file.

       -q --quiet
	      Quiet mode. Suppress all warning and messages.

       -V --version
	      Prints version information.

       -c --convmode convmode
	      Sets conversion mode. Where convmode is  one  of:	 ASCII,	 7bit,
	      ISO, Mac with ASCII being the default.  Simulates dos2unix under
	      SunOS.

       -o --oldfile file ...
	      Old file mode. Convert the file and write output to it. The pro‐
	      gram default to run in this mode. Wildcard names may be used.

       -n --newfile infile outfile ...
	      New  file	 mode. Convert the infile and write output to outfile.
	      File names must be given in pairs and wildcard names should  NOT
	      be used or you WILL lost your files.

EXAMPLES
       Get input from stdin and write output to stdout.

	      dos2unix

       Convert and replace a.txt. Convert and replace b.txt.

	      dos2unix a.txt b.txt

	      dos2unix -o a.txt b.txt

       Convert and replace a.txt in ASCII conversion mode.

	      dos2unix a.txt -c iso b.txt

       Convert and replace b.txt in ISO conversion mode.

	      dos2unix -c ascii a.txt -c iso b.txt

       Convert c.txt from Mac to Unix ascii format.

	      dos2unix -c mac c.txt b.txt

       Convert and replace a.txt while keeping original date stamp.

	      dos2unix -k a.txt

	      dos2unix -k -o a.txt

       Convert a.txt and write to e.txt.

	      dos2unix -n a.txt e.txt

       Convert	a.txt  and  write  to  e.txt, keep date stamp of e.txt same as
       a.txt.

	      dos2unix -k -n a.txt e.txt

       Convert and replace a.txt. Convert b.txt and write to e.txt.

	      dos2unix a.txt -n b.txt e.txt

	      dos2unix -o a.txt -n b.txt e.txt

       Convert c.txt and write to e.txt. Convert and replace  a.txt.   Convert
       and replace b.txt. Convert d.txt and write to f.txt.

	      dos2unix -n c.txt e.txt -o a.txt b.txt -n d.txt f.txt

DIAGNOSTICS
BUGS
       The  program  does  not	work  properly under MSDOS in stdio processing
       mode.  If you know why is that so, please tell me.

AUTHORS
       Benjamin Lin - <blin@socs.uts.edu.au>

       Bernd Johannes Wuebben (mac2unix mode) <wuebben@kde.org>

MISCELLANY
       Tested environment:

	      Linux 1.2.0 with GNU C 2.5.8

	      SunOS 4.1.3 with GNU C 2.6.3

	      MS-DOS 6.20 with Borland C++ 4.02

       Suggestions and bug reports are welcome.

SEE ALSO
       unix2dos(1) mac2unix(1)

1995.03.31			 dos2unix v3.0			   dos2unix(1)
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