Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!uwvax!dogie.macc.wisc.edu!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!sjklafke From: sjklafke@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Scott James Klafke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Stripper (LF's=>CR's) Message-ID: <2264@csd4.milw.wisc.edu> Date: 27 Apr 89 02:16:07 GMT References: <113300060@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@csd4.milw.wisc.edu Reply-To: sjklafke@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Scott James Klafke) Organization: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Lines: 19 In article <113300060@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> krb20699@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > > > I'm looking for a Unix file that will replace LF's with CR's. Executioner >files cannot be EXECed from AppleSoft without CR's. And considering Unix sends >LF's in protocol transfers, not CR's, Executioner files have to be captured: >not very reliable. Anyone have any help? I'm writing a simple converter, but >it's slow (BASIC.) > Thanks, > Ken. Ken, If possible, see if the system you are on supports '-a' in the transfer process. Try sz -a filename. If that doesn't work, try getting the program called TEX. I don't know who it is written by, but I think it is the same guy who wrote BLU. It strips LF's nicely, but I am not sure if it will convert LF's to CR's. Scott