Three versions of the dos2unix program, which converts line endings between the DOS-style CRLF and Unix-style LF. Ubuntu Linux: ======================================================================== $ dos2unix -h tofrodos Ver 1.7.8 Converts text files between DOS and Unix formats. Copyright 1996-2008 by Christopher Heng. All rights reserved. Usage: dos2unix [options] [file...] -a Always convert (DOS to Unix: kill all CRs; Unix to DOS: convert all LFs to CRLFs) -b Make backup of original file (.bak). -d Convert DOS to Unix. -e Abort processing files on error in any file. -f Force: convert even if file is not writeable. -h Display help on usage and quit. -l file Log most errors and verbose messages to <file> -o Overwrite original file (no backup). -p Preserve file owner and time. -u Convert Unix to DOS. -v Verbose. -V Show version and quit. Arch Linux: ======================================================================== $ dos2unix -h usage: dos2unix [--verbose|-v] [--test|-t] [--force|-f] \ [--<x>2<y>|--auto|-<Z>] \ [<file name> [...]] where: --auto, -A output will be set based upon auto-detection of source format --d2u, -U perform DOS -> UNIX conversion --m2u, -T perform MAC -> UNIX conversion --u2d, -D perform UNIX -> DOS conversion --u2m, -M perform UNIX -> MAC conversion --d2m, -O perform DOS -> MAC conversion --m2d, -C perform MAC -> DOS conversion --force suppress internal conversion type corrections based on autodetected input format --skipbin, -b skip binary files --test, -t don't write any conversion results; useful with --verbose to just report on source type --verbose, -v print extra information on stderr --version, -V print version information on stderr - when no options are given then input format will be automatically detected and converted as follows: DOS -> UNIX MAC -> UNIX UNIX -> DOS - same as above applies if --auto option is used - when no file is given, then stdin is used as input and stdout as output - binary files will be skipped automatically if option --skipbin (or -b) is used - stray '\r' characters (without a following '\n') in files in DOS format are reported but only conversion 'DOS -> Unix' affects them (they are skipped) - stray '\n' characters in files in MAC format are not detected for now Mac OSX (FreeBSD): ======================================================================== dos2unix 5.1.1 (2010-08-18) Usage: dos2unix [-fhkLlqV] [-c convmode] [-o file ...] [-n infile outfile ...] -c --convmode conversion mode convmode ascii, 7bit, iso, mac, default to ascii -f --force force conversion of all files -h --help give this help -k --keepdate keep output file date -L --license display software license -l --newline add additional newline -n --newfile write to new file infile original file in new file mode outfile output file in new file mode -o --oldfile write to old file file ... files to convert in old file mode -q --quiet quiet mode, suppress all warnings always on in stdio mode -V --version display version number NetBSD: ======================================================================== $ dos2unix -h dos2unix: unknown option -- h usage: dos2unix [-p] [file ...]