How can I convert a DOS .txt file to a Unix .txt file?

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How can I convert a DOS text file to Unix text file, so I can use my Linux parser properly?

Answer 1

dos2unix is a tool for converting line endings.

Answer 2

Most Unix installations include the 'tr' command ('tr' is short for 'translate'). You could use that to convert your input file with DOS text to output the Unix text format:

tr -d '\r' < dos.txt > unix.txt

Answer 3

On Debian-derived (Ubuntu, etc.) systems, you want the tofrodos package, which provides the commands todos and fromdos. (fromdos is the one you are looking for.)

On Red Hat Linux-derived systems (RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, etc.), you want the dos2unix package, which provides the commands dos2unix and mac2unix. To convert in the other direction, you'll want the unix2dos package, which provides the unix2dos command.

Answer 4

If you mean "how do I convert a plain-text file in DOS format to a plain-text file in UNIX format", try the dos2unix command.

Answer 5

Here's an explanation of how to use antiword to extract the text.

Answer 6

Some systems have a dos2unix command.

Answer 7

Do you mean: You want to convert Windows text files into Linux text files? If yes: There's a utility dos2unix that will do the job for you.