DOS2UNIX(1d)          UNIX System V(MS-DOS Compatibility)          DOS2UNIX(1d)


NAME
      dos2unix - convert text files from MS-DOS format to Unix format

SYNOPSIS
      dos2unix file
      dtou file
      dtox file

DESCRIPTION
      The dos2unix command converts text files from MS-DOS format to Unix
      format and writes the converted file to standard output.

      All MS-DOS text files use a carriage-return/linefeed combination, CR-LF,
      to indicate a newline.  Unix files use a single newline LF character.
      The conversion replaces each CR-LF with LF.  MS-DOS uses a Control-Z
      character as an end-of-file marker. This is stripped off also.

      Some DOS and Unix commands can handle this difference in format, but
      unexpected results can sometime occur.  For example, a Unix text file
      appears to a DOS text editor as containing one very long line, while a
      DOS text file appears to a Unix text editor as having extra Control-M
      characters at the end of each line.

      Note that the dos2unix command is also known as dtox or dtou.

NOTES
      To use the MS-DOS emulator (Merge 386), see the dos command.

SEE ALSO
      dos(1d), unix2dos(1d)
























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