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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re^2: end of line character
Keywords: eol
Message-ID: <2843@kappl.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 8 Jul 89 01:39:35 GMT
References: <429@ncelvax.UUCP> <8135@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
Organization: V.U. Informatica, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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In article <429@ncelvax.UUCP> cathy@ncelvax.UUCP (Cathy Benney) writes:
[how do I do newline conversions when moving files from UNIX to MS-DOS?]

BSD:
	% cat todos
	#!/bin/sed -f
	s/$/^M/
	% cat fromdos
	#!/bin/sed -f
	s/.$//
	%
SysV:
	% cat todos
	:
	cr="`ctrl M`"
	/bin/sed "s/$/$cr/" $1
	% cat fromdos
	:
	/bin/sed 's/.$//' $1
	%
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   they're small."  (Stephen Savitzky)    |maart@cs.vu.nl, mcvax!botter!maart