[GRLUG] unix2dos?

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Note that if you transfer files using ftp, it (usually) automatically
adjusts the EOL convention as appropriate for the systems involved.

On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Mark Farver <mfarver at mindbent.org> wrote:
> Dos2unix and unix2dos just change line endings in files.  Many ASCII editors
> handle this automatically so it is less important than it once was.
>
> If you are reading a text file in Unix and see ^M on the end of every line
> running dos2unix will fix it.
>
> Mark
>
> Mark
>
> On Aug 24, 2013 12:20 PM, "Eric Beversluis" <ebever at researchintegration.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> I'm reading in Sobell, _Linux Commands..._, where he talks about
>> unix2dos being necessary to send Linux text files to a Windows machine,
>> and am confused.
>>
>> I think that I successfully send text files back and forth between
>> Linux, Windows and Mac all the time without having to use this utility.
>> Is this something that is obsolete in more modern operating systems? Or
>> do the text editors now handle this automatically?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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