John Hasler wrote: > Luis Ariel Lecca writes: > > Im trying to find a good way to convert dos files (CR-LF) to Unix files > > (LF). This should be safe and recursive but it should not change any > > binary file. > > Write script using find to recurse, file to detect binaries, and dos2unix > to convert text files.
I'm not clear how to use command file to detect binaries. $ file aaa.sh aaa.sh: Bourne shell script text executable $ file aaa.py aaa.py: python script text executable $ file /etc/passwd /etc/passwd: ASCII text Obviousely, each of the outputs above has string 'text' in it. But I'm not sure of the cases of other kinds of textfiles. > > > The files arent large but there are millon. > > You may need xargs, then. > > > I couldnt find it on debian Sarge 3.1r2 ( apt-cache search dos2unix ) > > apt-get install tofrodos > -- > John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
