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Re: [ITP] flip 1.19 -- Convert text file line endings between Unix and DOS formats
* Tue 2007-09-18 Eric Blake <ebb9-PGZyUNKar/Q@public.gmane.org>
* Message-Id: 46EFC080.7050402 AT byu.net
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> According to Jari Aalto on 9/14/2007 5:57 AM:
>> * Fri 2007-09-14 Carlo Florendo <subscribermail-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w AT public.gmane.org>
>> * Message-Id: 46EA5BF2.1020701 AT gmail.com
>>> Jari Aalto wrote:
>>>
>>>> The legendary \n <=> \r\n end of line converter. Included in Debian
>>>> stable
>>>>
>>>> http://packages.debian.org/flip
>>> Wow! and I thought we had d2u and u2d :)
>
> Does debian provide d2u at all? If all debian provides is flip, then that
> is a stronger argument for uploading flip. I'm passing on uploading this
> until we get a little more consensus as to whether this is duplicate
> functionality, or whether it is providing more usability to users used to
> debian.
The is no u2d, d2u programs according to file seach at
http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_contents
"apt-get cache search" results with keywords 'unix', 'convert':
flip - convert text file line endings between Unix and DOS formats
/usr/bin/flip
/usr/bin/toix
/usr/bin/toms
/usr/share/man/man1
/usr/share/man/man1/flip.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/toix.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/toms.1.gz
tofrodos - Converts DOS <-> Unix text files, alias tofromdos
/usr/bin/dos2unix
/usr/bin/fromdos
/usr/bin/todos
/usr/bin/unix2dos
/usr/share/man/man1/dos2unix.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/todos.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unix2dos.1.gz
Pretty much similar, except that the options behave differently.
flip -u (the -u signifies the destination format)
fromdos -u (the -u signifies the source format)
Jari