[techtalk] dos to unix

[Allen Heinecke]

perl -pi.old -e 's/\r//g' filename

don't ask where that came from... I just know it will work

-Lone

-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.1
GED/J d-- s: a20? C+++(++++) L+++ P+++(++++) e N o+ w--- O- M- V- PS+ PE Y
PGP++ t+ 5- X++ R++ !tv b+++ DI++ D+++ e h-- r+ y+
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Nancy Corbett wrote:

> 
> I know I've seen someone use a command something like dostounix to convert
> text docs written with something like notepad, etc into plain ol ascii... 
> 
> I have a bunch of perl scripts I just inherited and they have a ^M at the
> end of every line.  I know I could just do a command in vi to get rid of
> them, but I've ben straining my brain (not a difficult thing to do
> today) to remember that dostounix thingie.  If it is just dostounix, it
> seems that my shell acct with my ISP doesn't know what that is. Grrr.
> 
> TIA,
> Nancy
> 
> 
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