Jonathan, The command /usr/vin/fromdos will convert text files from/to dos. I think it might be easier to use than recode.
Good luck. -mk > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Mosley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 12:18 PM > To: Erik Steffl > Cc: Debian List > Subject: Re: Q: Mass Text convert Linux-DOS? > > > > > On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > Jonathan Gift wrote: > > ... > > > I have a great many text files I have to convert from Linux to DOS > > > format. I tries recode by hand once but it took hours. > There has to be an > > > automatic way. > > ... > > > for file in ~/documents; do > > > recode latin1..ibmpc $file > > > done > > > > find ~/documents -type f -exec recode latin1..ibmpc '{}' \; > > > > see man find > > > > don't forget to backup before you experiment! > > > > erik > > > You can also recursively *zip* into directories using the the > zip LF CR > conversion options, then unzip. This is not really what zip > is for and it is > a problem if you are short on disk disk space but it a way to do what > you want. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
