dos2unix bash script – part two
In this article I'll show you a more complex script than the script I have shown in the article dos2unix bash script. This new script allow you to convert more than one file at the same time.
Here is the script:
#!/bin/bash
###############################################################################
# dos to unix bash script #
# 2009 www.xAppSoftware.com #
# Luigi D'Andrea #
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
# save this script, then chmod +x the script, the you are ready to run it #
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
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###############################################################################
case "$#" in
0) echo "Usage: `basename $0` <files_to_convert>";
exit;;
esac
for f in "$@"
do
echo $f
cat $f | tr "\015" "\012" > $f.new
mv "$f.new" "$f"
done
