Missing utility pkg

Gene Heskett gheskett at wdtv.com
Fri Nov 9 16:44:12 UTC 2012


On Friday 09 November 2012 11:41:34 Steve Flynn did opine:

> On 9 November 2012 09:43, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> > Which would have not had the desired effect, I wanted a simple cr to
> > lf, and conversely pair of functions. tr does this nicely.
> 
> That's all dos2unix does - correct line endings in text files.
> 
> What were you using it for if not that?

Converting text output from a machine that uses a cr for both return and 
newline, to a machine (this one), that uses an lf for both a return and 
newline.  No additions or deletions needed, just translation.  

Problem solved, last reply in thread, thank you all.

Cheers, Gene
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