yeung@reed.UUCP (Woodrow Yeung) (09/23/90)
Could someone provide me with a shell script that will replace linefeeds with carriage returns in TEXT files? I can't figure out how to generate the escape code for LF and CR in the replace command. Thanks in advance. Woody Yeung yeung@reed Tektronix!reed!yeung
laird@slum.MV.COM (Laird Heal) (10/01/90)
In article <15503@reed.UUCP> yeung@reed.UUCP (Woodrow Yeung) writes: >Could someone provide me with a shell script that will replace linefeeds >with carriage returns in TEXT files? > >I can't figure out how to generate the escape code for LF and CR in the >replace command. > Here's what I use, not too often but enough to keep it on the worksheet of my Portable's hard disk: mcompress -d "Unix File" | translate "" "6n" > "Mac File"; Open "Mac File" where the first operand of translate comes from a cut on the first file I wanted to translate, and the second operand is option-d then n. Works fine. -- Laird Heal laird@slum.MV.COM It's hard to fight (Salem, NH) +1 603 898 1406 a conspiracy.