How to convert a text file's line termination from Windows/DOS to Unix?

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I have several scripts that produce a /bin/sh^M bad interpreter error message when they are run. I believe this is because they are formatted with the Windows/DOS line termination instead of the line termination expected by Unix/Linux (Ubuntu 9.04 for an embedded system in my case).

Is there an easy way to convert text files from the Windows/DOS format to the Unix format in a Linux environment?

same question with some alternate answers: http://superuser.com/questions/52044/convert-crlfs-to-line-feeds-on-linux — quack quixote, Oct 08 '09 at 21:04

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 10 '09 at 00:17

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You can use the dos2unix utility for this.

dos2unix winfile.txt unixfile.txt

answered Sep 10 '09 at 00:17

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Dammit! I wrote an app to do this for me in C#. Then again, it also converted ANSI to Unicode and back again, so it wasn't a complete waste. +1 – Sep 10 '09 at 11:25
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@randolph: you implemented iconv in C#? – quack quixote Oct 07 '09 at 12:12

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 10 '09 at 00:20

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Multiple choices here:

How do I convert between Unix and Windows text files?

answered Sep 10 '09 at 00:20

That page claims this about the dos2unix tools: "These utilities are available only on Solaris systems." This answer explains how to get similar tools in Linux environment: http://superuser.com/questions/52044/convert-crlfs-to-line-feeds-on-linux/52140#52140 – Jonik Oct 07 '09 at 10:07

How to convert a text file's line termination from Windows/DOS to Unix?

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