problem with dos2unix command

Shell Programming and Scripting
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hi friends i am using the dos2unix command to remove the ^M characters coming at the end of each line , but i getting the folowing message:

 > dos2unix file.sql
could not open /dev/kbd to get keyboard type US keyboard assumed
could not get keyboard type US keyboard assumed
---------file content-------
---------------------------

can anyone help!!!
thanks in advance

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This is asked very often - you can use the search function of the forum to get a solution/alternative.
Not sure why your dos2unix complains, but you can try this:

tr -d '\015' < winfile > unixfile
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when i am using the above cmd i am getiing the following message

tr -d '\015' y.sql x.sql 
Usage: tr [ -cds ] [ String1 [ String2 ] ]

:frowning:

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Hi

It has to be like Zaxxon mentioned:

tr -d '\015' <y.sql >x.sql

Guru.

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hey sorry its working but what if i want to keep the same file name

 
@:        > tr -d '\015' < y > y

its generating an empty y file.

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Hi

Re-direct the output to a temporary file, and then rename the file to the original one:

tr -d '\015' <y.sql >x.sql
mv x.sql y.sql

Guru

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i checked with the below command, its working:

 > dos2unix file.sql file.sql

previously i was not giving the target filename with the dos2unix command

thanks for your time