! dos2unix {{{ $ dos2unix winfile.txt unixfile.txt }}} ! tr You can use tr to remove all carriage returns and Ctrl-z ( ^Z ) characters from a Windows file: {{{ $ tr -d '\15\32' < winfile.txt > unixfile.txt }}} However, you cannot use tr to convert a document from Unix format to Windows. ! awk To use awk to convert a Windows file to Unix, enter: {{{ $ awk '{ sub("\r$", ""); print }' winfile.txt > unixfile.txt }}} To convert a Unix file to Windows, enter: {{{ $ awk 'sub("$", "\r")' unixfile.txt > winfile.txt }}} Older versions of awk do not include the sub function. In such cases, use the same command, but replace awk with gawk or nawk. ! Perl To convert a Windows text file to a Unix text file using Perl, enter: {{{ $ perl -p -e 's/\r$//' < winfile.txt > unixfile.txt }}} To convert from a Unix text file to a Windows text file, enter: {{{ $ perl -p -e 's/\n/\r\n/' < unixfile.txt > winfile.txt }}} You must use single quotation marks in either command line. This prevents your shell from trying to evaluate anything inside. ! vi In vi, you can remove carriage return ( ^M ) characters with the following command: {{{ :1,$s/^M//g }}} Note: To input the ^M character, press Ctrl-v , and then press Enter or return. In vim, use {{:set ff=unix}} to convert to Unix; use {{:set ff=dos}} to convert to Windows. ---- [Linux | CategoryComputing.Linux]