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From: walter@garth.UUCP (Walter Bays)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: WANTED: Program to translate Mac generic text to UNIX text
Message-ID: <1095@garth.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jul 88 17:36:19 GMT
References: <4314@saturn.ucsc.edu>
Reply-To: walter@garth.UUCP (Walter Bays)
Organization: INTERGRAPH (APD) -- Palo Alto, CA
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In article <4314@saturn.ucsc.edu> bushnel@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Bill Bushnell) writes:
> I need a utility (Mac or UNIX, but Mac preferred) that translates a
> generic text file on the Macintosh to a file I can use in UNIX.  If I
> try copying a text file from the Mac directly to UNIX, each paragraph
> ends up as one line...

1) There's an option on many terminal emulators to wordwrap text lines
   uploaded.  Doesn't work with Kermit or XMODEM, or if you have the
   wrong emulator.
2) Use the "fmt" filter on UNIX.
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