On 9/3/07, G.W. Haywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > On Sun, 2 Sep 2007 Matus UHLAR wrote: > > > On 21.07.07 10:46, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > > If I want to send a text file to an MS Windows user there are problems: > in > > > fact, in MS Windows a text file which has been composed under Linux is > not > > > correctly read: the line ends are not recognised. > > > > how do you transfer those files? FTP has ASCII transfer which translates > > line ends correctly and mail has also well-defined line ends, so all mail > > clients know how to convert. > > > > It can be a problem when you edit the same file on the same disk using > > different editors, but meny editors support both line ends... > > > > > The remedy is to cut the text and paste it into an MS Word file, then > cut > > > it again and re-paste it into the text file, which is not so good > because > > > this way I need rebooting every time into the Windows partition. > > No, the remedy is to use the proper tool. You're looking for 'todos' > or one of its aliases. However, so was I on this newly-installed > Debian system of mine... > > tornado:~# >>> man todos > No manual entry for todos > tornado:~# >>> apt-cache search todos > ... > sysutils - Miscellaneous small system utilities - dummy package > tofrodos - Converts DOS <-> Unix text files, alias tofromdos > ... > tornado:~# >>> apt-get install sysutils > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > The following extra packages will be installed: > memtester procinfo tofrodos > The following NEW packages will be installed > memtester procinfo sysutils tofrodos > 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 0B/83.4kB of archives. > After unpacking 336kB of additional disk space will be used. > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y > Media Change: Please insert the disc labelled > 'Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 > 20070407-12:15' > in the drive '/cdrom/' and press enter > Selecting previously deselected package memtester. > (Reading database ... 86755 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking memtester (from .../memtester_2.93.1-3.1_amd64.deb) ... > Selecting previously deselected package procinfo. > Unpacking procinfo (from .../procinfo_18-1_amd64.deb) ... > Selecting previously deselected package tofrodos. > Unpacking tofrodos (from .../tofrodos_1.7.6-2_amd64.deb) ... > Selecting previously deselected package sysutils. > Unpacking sysutils (from .../sysutils_2.0.1_all.deb) ... > Setting up memtester (2.93.1-3.1) ... > Setting up procinfo (18-1) ... > Setting up tofrodos (1.7.6-2) ... > Setting up sysutils (2.0.1) ... > tornado:~# >>> man tofrodos > No manual entry for tofrodos > tornado:~# >>> man tofromdos > No manual entry for tofromdos > tornado:~# >>> man -k tofromdos > tofromdos: nothing appropriate. > tornado:~# >>> man -k tofrodos > tofrodos: nothing appropriate. > tornado:~# >>> man procinfo > Reformatting procinfo(8), please wait... > tornado:~# >>> tofrodos > -su: tofrodos: command not found > tornado:/usr/bin# >>> man fromdos > Reformatting fromdos(1), please wait... > > Yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaarrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! > > Is there a bugzilla for man pages? > > -- > > 73, > Ged. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hmmmm, when you install the package tofrodos, the command(s) wil not be tofrodos or the similar ones, but these two: dos2unix and unix2dos. dos2unix transfers the file format from MS Windows (DOS) to Unix (Linux), and unix 2dos do the reverse.
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