I use an old server without dos2unix and I would like to convert files containing Windows-style end-of-line (EOL) to Unix-style EOL. I am unfortunately not the admin so I can't install dos2unix. The tr method seems to be the only one that works.
cp script _p4 && tr -d '\r' < _p4 > script && rm _p4
Are there any easier methods to do this?
If you have GNU sed you can do this:
sed -i 's/\x0D$//' script
Where "x0D" is the ASCII code for \r.
\r is supported by sed, too. Why use harder-to-remember number when you can use simpler notation?
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Apr 28, 2016 at 22:17
sed -e '%s/^M//g' cookies sed: -e expression #1, char 1: unknown command: %' ` ? Is my sed to old?
You can always write a script:
#!/bin/sh
for name in "$@"
do
cp "$name" "$name"~ && tr -d '\r' < "$name"~ > "$name" && rm "$name"~
done
and name that dos2unix. No compiler is needed.
This command can be used to convert EOL characters without having dos2unix installed:
sed -i 's/.$//' script
dos2unix tool which ignores files that don't contain Windows-style line endings.
dos2unixis a small and relatively self-contained binary. There's a sporting chance it will work on your server. If you havedos2unixinstalled on a machine with the same arch and OS (is this Linux?) then try copying it to your home directory and do./dos2unix file_you_want_to_convert. Or, of course you could just download a suitable binary to the server directly.