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diff --git a/misc/dos2unix/README b/misc/dos2unix/README index 68ba41dc26..6b669a1250 100644 --- a/misc/dos2unix/README +++ b/misc/dos2unix/README @@ -1,22 +1,25 @@ -This is an update of Benjamin Lin's implementations of dos2unix and -unix2dos. Benjamin Lin's implementations of dos2unix and unix2dos -are part of several Linux distributions such as RedHat, Fedora, Suse, -Gentoo and some others. On Slackware one finds fromdos and todos but -these implementations are not included. This update includes all RedHat -patches and fixes several other problems. +This is an update of Benjamin Lin's implementations of dos2unix +and unix2dos. Benjamin Lin's implementations of dos2unix and +unix2dos are part of several Linux distributions such as RedHat, +Fedora, Suse, Gentoo and some others. On Slackware one finds fromdos +and todos but these implementations are not included. This update +includes all RedHat patches and fixes several other problems. -These implementations of dos2unix and unix2dos have been modelled after -dos2unix/unix2dos under SunOS/Solaris. They have similar conversion -modes, namely ascii, 7bit and iso. The first versions were made by -John Birchfield in 1989, and in 1995 rewritten from scratch by Benjamin -Lin. Mac to Unix conversion was added by Bernd Johannes Wuebben in 1998, -Unix to Mac by Erwin in 2010. +These implementations of dos2unix and unix2dos have been modeled +after dos2unix/unix2dos under SunOS/Solaris. They have similar +conversion modes, namely ascii, 7bit and iso. The first versions +were made by John Birchfield in 1989, and in 1995 rewritten from +scratch by Benjamin Lin. Mac to Unix conversion was added by Bernd +Johannes Wuebben in 1998, Unix to Mac by Erwin in 2010. Features: - Native language support: Dutch, English, Esperanto, German, Spanish. - Automatically skips binary and non-regular files In-place, paired, - or stdio mode conversion. Keep original file dates option. 7-bit - and iso conversion modes like SunOS dos2unix. + Native language support: Dutch, English, Esperanto, + German, and Spanish. + Automatically skips binary and non-regular files in-place, + paired, or stdio mode conversion. + Keep original file dates option. + 7-bit and iso conversion modes like SunOS dos2unix. -Dos2Unix includes: dos2unix - DOS/MAC to UNIX text file format converter -unix2dos - UNIX to DOS/MAC text file format converter +Dos2Unix includes: + dos2unix - DOS/MAC to UNIX text file format converter. + unix2dos - UNIX to DOS/MAC text file format converter. |