HP-UX Reference (11i v3 07/02) - 1 User Commands A-M (vol 1)

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dos2ux(1) dos2ux(1)
NAME
dos2ux, ux2dos - convert ASCII file format between HP-UX and DOS formats
SYNOPSIS
dos2ux file...
ux2dos file...
DESCRIPTION
dos2ux and ux2dos read each specified file in sequence and write it to standard output, converting to
HP-UX format or to DOS format, respectively. Each file can be in either DOS format or HP-UX format for
either command.
A DOS file name is recognized by the presence of an embedded colon (
:) delimiter; see dosif(4) for DOS file
naming conventions.
If no input file is given or if a file is specified as
-, dos2ux and ux2dos read from standard input. Stan-
dard input can be combined with other files.
EXAMPLES
Print file
myfile on the display:
dos2ux myfile
Convert file1 and file2 to DOS format; then concatenate them together, placing them in file3.
ux2dos file1 file2 > file3
RETURN VALUE
dos2ux and ux2dos return:
0 Successful.
2 Failure. The only possible failure is the inability to open a specified file, in which case the com-
mands print a warning.
WARNINGS
Command formats resembling:
dos2ux file1 file2 > file1
overwrite the data in file1 before the concatenation begins, causing a loss of the contents of
file1.
Therefore, be careful when using shell special characters.
SEE ALSO
dosif(4).
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