Re: New bug found (I think)

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Les wrote:
I use lots of things across systems, and have used the command:

	dos2unix <xxx.txt >temp.txt

for years to accomplish this task.  Well, imagine my surprise when it
failed to work today.  I don't know when dos2unix was last visited, but
it no longer works.  Its simple effect on Microsoft files was to change
the carriage return (^M) to linefeed (^j).  This time it passed the file
through unchanged.
I can write my own version in about 2 seconds, but I am curious why such
a simple and useful function acquired numerous flags and options, and
then broke.  This is a great example of "if it ain't broke, don't fix
it!"

Just for your information:

[lesh@localhost ~]$ ls -al /usr/bin/dos2unix
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15868 2007-02-06 08:45 /usr/bin/dos2unix
[lesh@localhost ~]$ which dos2unix
/usr/bin/dos2unix
[lesh@localhost ~]$
	I have to admit I probably haven't used it locally since upgrading to
FC7 from FC5.

Regards,
Les

It seems to work for me both as 'dos2unix <file>' and 'dos2unix < <file> > <file1>'. I'm running fc7.

Actually, dos2unix removes carriage returns and unix2dos inserts them.

John Cornelius
Cardiff by the Sea, CA USA

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