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Date: | Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:06:42 -0400 |
From: | Charles Wilson <cygwin AT cwilson DOT fastmail DOT fm> |
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Subject: | Re: Problem with the dos2unix command |
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Patrick Monnerat wrote: > I'm trying to convert a \r\n line-ending file to unix style, but > this file has some lines with their last character being \r (i.e.: the > sequence of binary bytes is ...\r\r\n...) > > Using dos2unix to convert it strips both \r, resulting in a byte > sequence ...\n... > > This seems to me a bug. I need the trailing \r in the file as a normal > character, not being part of the line ending. This behavior is by design. What you ask doesn't make much sense for most text processing: before: abcd\r\r\n <<--- look, a DOS line ending '\r\n'. after running it through YOUR desired dos2unix: abcd\r\n <<--- look, it STILL has a DOS line ending! If dos2unix worked that way, FAR more people would be annoyed: "I ran my file 'foo' thru dos2unix, but it still has dos line endings!" If someone were to submit a patch to add an optional, "non-greedy" mode to dos2unix it would be thoughtfully considered... -- Chuck -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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