From owner-freebsd-ports Sat Apr 27 23:46:18 1996 Return-Path: owner-ports Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA11657 for ports-outgoing; Sat, 27 Apr 1996 23:46:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA11643 for ; Sat, 27 Apr 1996 23:46:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id QAA10632; Sun, 28 Apr 1996 16:14:02 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604280644.QAA10632@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: dos2unix, unix2dos ?! To: jdli@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw (Jian-Da Li) Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 16:14:02 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199604271847.CAA28253@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw> from "Jian-Da Li" at Apr 28, 96 02:47:48 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-ports@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jian-Da Li stands accused of saying: > > I can't find dos2unix and unix2dos on freebsd, and I think maybe > they are useful. If I remember correctly, these are the guys that convert crlf->lf and vice versa, correct? If so, this is best done using 'sed' or any of several other, system-standard utilities. It _might_ make sense to provide them as sample aliases in the default user template. > If that won't be part of freebsd, please at least make it a port. Nobody's stopping you from making them a port! -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[