unix2dos shell script

To convert a file from unix format to DOS, you can use the following script. Note that on recent unix systems this script comes built-in....

#! /bin/sh
if [ ! "$1" ] ; then
echo `basename $0` file ...
echo ' convert' filenames from unix to dos file format
exit 1
fi

while [ "$1" ] ; do
TMP=$1.$$
awk 'sub("$", "\r")' $1 > $TMP
cp -f "$TMP" "$1"
rm -f "$TMP"
shift
done

dos2unix shell script

To convert a file from DOS format to unix format, you can use the following script. Note that on recent unix systems this script comes built-in....

#! /bin/sh
if [ ! "$1" ] ; then
echo `basename $0` file ...
echo ' convert' filenames from dos to unix
exit 1
fi

while [ "$1" ] ; do
TMP=$1.$$
if tr -d '\r' <"$1" >"$TMP" ; then
cp -f "$TMP" "$1"
fi
rm -f "$TMP"
shift
done