script to convert dos to unix format

kapilcool · 06-15-2006, 08:14 AM

Hi,
Can anyone help me with writing a script to convert all DOS style backslashes to UNIX style slashes in a list of files?

Thanks
Kapil

DrOzz · 06-15-2006, 08:44 AM

does the command :

Code:

dos2unix filenamehere

work for you ??

homey · 06-15-2006, 09:14 AM

If you need to make a script instead of using the dos2unix program, this example might get you started ...

Code:

#!/bin/bash

mkdir /home/tmp 2> /dev/null
cd /home/images

for i in *.txt ; do
cat "$i" | tr -d '\015' > "/home/tmp/$i"
done
mv -v /home/tmp/*.txt /home/images

madluther · 06-15-2006, 11:50 AM

The following will replace back slashes with forward slashes within a file

Code:

cat dos.txt | tr  '\\' / > unix.txt

Mad.