Convert Unix-Dos file to Dos file!

[shaokat]

I have a file which has been created using two different systems and contains both the Unix and Dos file type.

ie. line ending with \r in some cases and \r\n in the rest.

How do I effectively convert this file into a DOS file and or Unix file?

This is what I have am trying, but not able to use any of sed, tr and awk scripts:

1. Remove '\n' using tr -d '\n'
2. Replace \r' with '\r\n'

I am not finding the sed option to replace '\r' with '\r\n'.

Any help??

Thanks,

 

[KenCunningham]

Which OS? If supported (Solaris for example), dos2unix and unix2dos should do what you require. There are also variants for other OS's.

 

[BIS]

thread822-937029

might help as well...

 

[LunaPan]

Ultraedit will do this with 2 clicks of a mouse, and give you a great text editor at the same time!

 

[iknowitall]

Solaris:
unix2dos, dos2unix

AIX:
dosread, doswrite

tr -d '\r'

sed 's/^M//g' file > newfile #where ^M is ctrl-v/ctrl-m

ftp would also work with the binary and ascii subcommands.

 

[PHV]

unix2dos emulation :
awk '!/\r$/{printf "%s\r\n",$0;next}{print}' unixfile > dosfile
dos2unix emulation :
tr -d '\r' <dosfile >unixfile

Hope This Helps, PH.
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