sharris@chopin.udel.edu (Scott A Harris) (03/19/91)
Hello again, I have created a 16 page paper on AppleWorks GS and I have
uploaded it to the mainframe (a unix bases system running Sun O.S. v 4.1.1)
Unfortunately the file had been stripped of carriage returns so that I am
help less to do any typed of editing. My question is, is there a way to
keep the returns in and where is the program that will convert GS line feeds
to unix line feeds.
Thanks in advance.
Scott Harris
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71311,2700 @ CompuServe s.harris12 @ GEnie lucifer@world.std.com (Kevin S Green) (03/19/91)
In article <16701@chopin.udel.edu> sharris@chopin.udel.edu (Scott A Harris) writes: >Hello again, I have created a 16 page paper on AppleWorks GS and I have >uploaded it to the mainframe (a unix bases system running Sun O.S. v 4.1.1) >Unfortunately the file had been stripped of carriage returns so that I am >help less to do any typed of editing. My question is, is there a way to >keep the returns in and where is the program that will convert GS line feeds >to unix line feeds. Scott, There is a program called TextDragon that will convert to and from Unix newline characters. I got my copy from America Online but you should be able to find it on CIS or GEnie. >Thanks in advance. You're welcome. -- Kevin S. Green / lucifer@world.std.com / {xylogics;uunet}!world!lucifer Party naked... /AOL: Gargoth / Pro-line: kgreen@pro-angmar
gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) (03/19/91)
In article <16701@chopin.udel.edu> sharris@chopin.udel.edu (Scott A Harris) writes: >Hello again, I have created a 16 page paper on AppleWorks GS and I have >uploaded it to the mainframe (a unix bases system running Sun O.S. v 4.1.1) >Unfortunately the file had been stripped of carriage returns so that I am >help less to do any typed of editing. My question is, is there a way to >keep the returns in and where is the program that will convert GS line feeds >to unix line feeds. Sure; any decent file transfer protocol will support text-mode transfers that preserve line delimiters (using whatever is appropriate on each end). Failing that, transmission of the file in uninterpreted binary mode would produce a UNIX file containing ASCII CR delimiters, which can be turned into the UNIX newline convention's ASCII LF characters using the command: tr '\015' '\012' < apple_image > unix_text
marekp@pnet91.cts.com (Marek Pawlowski) (03/19/91)
(This should be included in some sort of FAQ monthly posting)
To convert Control-M's to Control-J's (Apple, and Unix formats, respectively),
under Unix, execute the following command from your shell prompt:
tr '\015' '\012' <Apple_File_Name >New_Unix_File_Name
An explanation: tr is a common abbreviation for "translate", and is the name
of the binary file which will do the conversion for you. The two numbers,
with a slash preceding them, surrounded by single brackets, are the OCTAL
codes for Control-M and Control-J, respectively. You can put whatever
characters in there if you wish (eg: tr 'A' 'B' <foo >bar, will replace all
occurences of 'A' with 'B').
I honestly hope that helps..
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