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Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 13:24:02 +0100
From: Chris Jefferson <caj AT cs DOT york DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Bogus assumption prevents d2u/u2d/conv/etal working on mixed files.
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Ken Thompson wrote:

>I don't think the behavior should be changed. d2u stands for dos to unix
>which means \r\n to \n.  Why would one expect a dos to unix utility to
>convert mixed line terminator files.  If you need such a utility, then add
>one but don't take a utility that does dos to unix and try to turn it in to
>"anything" to unix or if you do then change the name. Just my 2 cents worth
>
>  
>
And it would agree that it should be changed. I would expect dos to unix 
to turn \r\n into \n, ignoring the fact it may or may not wander into a 
\n first.

I'd also like to express interest in having this changed. I knocked up 
my own program to do this, because particularily in cygwin I find it 
easy to accidentally edit a file in a few different editors and end up 
with a mess of line endings which need to be all syncronised to one 
system (of course I could just learn to not mess my files up ^_^ )

Chris



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