how to convert windows formatted text files to *nix formatting?
 

Hi all,

I have a text file created in Windows with the following format

I want to be able to parse out the <number> values from the file via a bash script. I have created a script

which works well on a text file with the above format created in linux, but does not work on a text file created in windows. So, how do I go about converting a windows formatted text file to *nix format? Something that could be done in bash is the optimum solution for me.

Thanks for any help.

dos2unix is what you're looking for.

Maybe, just open the file with a linux editor like kwrite or vi and make some minor change, then save it.

thanks dark_helmet, you rule.

homey, thanks also, but i gotta go thru a massive amount of these files, so it would be rough to do it by hand.

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerwork...ry/l-sed3.html

offers a way to convert the files using sed

I think I have the same problem :/ only the SED script wouldn't work for me :(

Any other ways of doing this.

Thanks

BL

Again: dos2unix

It's a program you run from the command line. man dos2unix to read about it. If you tried it and had errors, then please post them.

worked for me. The sed command that sciyro linked to is to convert a unix text file to windows. So you would need to modify the statement accordingly to go the opposite way.

edit: oh, i guess there is a sed example there to convert from windows to unix format also. my bad.

Cheers pees,

I installed tofrodos and was able to add that into my script and it worked fine!!

BL