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Re: How do I remove CR/LF from text file


Try the d2u program at
http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/V1.1/misc/

--Chuck


Brian Keener wrote:
> 
> I was working on some code and output a text file which displays fine in
> cygwin but I wanted to email the text to someone from within windows and
> if I look at the text in wordpad it looks fine but if I look at it in
> notepad then it is screwy and in either case if I try to cut and paste
> into my email program then the text is still real screwy and I don't want
> to have to edit it.  I assume this is a CR/LF issue - not a bug - I just
> can't figure out how to change it.
> 
> The text was originally created by sending to /tmp/foo which is on /
> which is a binary mount and so I did a
> 
> cat /tmp/foo > /windows/temp/foo
> 
> in which case /windows is a text mount thinking this would fix it, but it
> does not.  If I however go back and recreate the text file by outputting
> it to /windows/temp/foo in the first place - then wordpad, notepad and my
> email on like it, again I am assuming this is CR/LF related but that is
> an assumption.
> 
> Can someone provide me with a line that allows me to do a conversion
> after the fact like this or is there such a beast - On some unixen we had
> dos2unix and such.
> 
> Thanks for any input.
> 
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