dos2unix equivalent in hpunix

risshanth · December 13, 2007, 3:39am

hi,
what is the dos2unix equivalent in hpunix ??

Franklin52 · December 13, 2007, 3:58am

Some alternatives:

awk '{sub(/\r$/,"");print}'

or:

sed 's/.$//'

Regards

risshanth · December 13, 2007, 4:18am

hi frank,

we give,

dos2unix <filename> at the prompt

but how to use your solution... can u please explain in detail

Franklin52 · December 13, 2007, 4:23am

Same manner:

awk '{sub(/\r$/,"");print}' filename

or:

sed 's/.$//' filename

Regards

risshanth · December 13, 2007, 4:55am

Hi frank,
still i do have the ^M character as the last one in every line ...

wat to do ??

porter · December 13, 2007, 5:05am

ftp the file to a windows machine as a binary file

then ftp it back again as a text file.

risshanth · December 13, 2007, 6:03am

hi,

sorry... its AIX and not hp ux .. sorry about this ..

frank,
I tried with your options.. not working

porter,
I did urs too... but

wat to do now

Franklin52 · December 13, 2007, 6:32am

Try this on AIX (beware of the backticks):

sed 's/'`echo "\015"`'//g' filename

Regards

Franklin52 · December 13, 2007, 6:43am

An answer of Ygor on a similar thread:

was:

dos2aix

Regards

risshanth · December 13, 2007, 6:46am

hi frank,

sed 's/'`echo "\015"`'//g' filename - worked

thank you so much

Franklin52 · December 13, 2007, 7:03am

Ok, your welcome.

Regards