dos2unix on AIX?

[GB]

Hopefully a simple question. I can't find the dos2unix utility on AIX
4.3.3. Is there something I didn't install? Do I need a freeware version?
If so, any suggestions?

Thanks, Gord

[Entropy Gideoned]

Does dos2unix just change an ascii file from dos format to unix
format?

If it does all you need to do is use sed

sed "s/^M$//" infile > outfile

and use CTRL-V CTRL-M keypresses to generate the ^M

Brock Henry

[LAIX Software Consulting]

If you just want to strip off or add carriage returns, you can use sed, awk,
tr, etc. AIX also comes with doswrite and dosread commands that can do this,
though they're more useful for reading and writing dos diskettes from AIX.

Regards,
Paul

[Dan Foster]

In article <3a2c361d...@news.optus.net.au>,

Entropy Gideoned <bro...@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>Does dos2unix just change an ascii file from dos format to unix
>format?
>
>If it does all you need to do is use sed
>
>sed "s/^M$//" infile > outfile
>
>and use CTRL-V CTRL-M keypresses to generate the ^M

or a tr equivalent:

tr -d "\015\032" < inputfile > outputfile

I whipped up a three line sh script with that and named it 'convert-crlf',
dumped it on shell nodes for any shell users who needed it for the occasional
file conversion. Works great.

-Dan

[Jonathan Jude]

Hi,

Try TOFRODOS from Christopher Heng :

http://www.thefreecountry.com/

and search on the site for TOFRODOS.

Uses gcc and the gnu make to build it.
Installs in /usr/local/bin and has a manpage.

Regards,

Jonathan

[Jerald H. Mathews]

GB <bra...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hopefully a simple question. I can't find the dos2unix utility on AIX
> 4.3.3. Is there something I didn't install? Do I need a freeware version?
> If so, any suggestions?

If you really need the dos2unix utility install the "AIX Access for
DOS Users" filesets. I think they are still included on the version
4.3.3 install media but am not sure.

--
Regards,
Jerry M.
Seen on a Tee Shirt, "Never GREP a YACC by the INODE".