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Questions tagged [file-conversion]

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Convert Unix line endings to Windows

I recently moved back to Windows from Linux. I have some files with CRLFs, some with LFs and some that are mixed. Is there a utility that will help me find all my Unix-touched files and convert them to proper CRLF terminated files? The utility must…
Matthew Scouten
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How to convert djvu file to pdf or other more common file format?

I have downloaded file which is in djvu format. I want to convert it to pdf or some other more common format, so I can read the document from other devices (e.g. my phone etc). I found a conversion utility at Lizardtech, but when I converted the doc…
Zeta2
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What is the easiest way to open a Mac Pages (.pages) file on Windows?

I have moved to OS X, and although Microsoft's Office software is brilliant on Windows, on the Mac its usability leaves something to be desired compared to Apple's own counterparts (Pages, Numbers and Keynote) which, although not containing as many…
user78017
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How to convert Markdown files to Dokuwiki, on a PC

I'm looking for a tool or script to convert Markdown files to Dokuwiki format, that will run on a PC. This is so that I can use MarkdownPad on a PC to create initial drafts of documents, and then convert them to Dokuwiki format, to upload to a…
Clare Macrae
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Convert hex dump of file to binary (program) file on Windows?

I have a hex file that I am attempting to convert to binary. I have performed this on Linux before using the command: xxd -r -p mykey.hex > mykey.bin But I cannot figure out how to do this same command on Windows. I have downloaded a few hex editor…
Kevin
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How to view Adobe Shockwave file (dcr file extension)

I have some ancient Adobe Shockwave files with .dcr file extensions. I managed to view them with the official Adobe player (download the full version, not the slim version). However, Chrome refuses to open the files (showing the save file dialog…
Leftium
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Converting wma to mp3 in bulk without changing directory

I have thousands of music tracks in WMA format from when I used to use Windows Media Player to rip CDs. Now I'm having problems playing them on my Linux desktop at work. Is there a good solution (for Windows or Linux) for converting all the WMAs to…
Eddy
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Convert BMP to PNG on right-click in Windows 7

I want to select 1 or more BMP files in Windows 7 file explorer, right-click them, click "convert to PNG", and have them all replaced by PNGs with identical information. What are some possible solutions to do this? Currently I'm opening them in the…
endolith
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Does Excel have command-line options?

It would be handy if I could tell Excel to open a file and resave it as a CSV file without making the user do it, or having to write a program to do this. Does it provide any such functionality?
Mr. Boy
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How to convert pdf to txt easily?

My kindle3 will arrive tomorrow, and I have plenty of PDF files that I want to read on it. I would like to convert them to txt so I can adjust the font size. Is there any convenient way to do that? PS: if there isn't, I shall write one by myself.
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Converting PDF eBooks into a Kindle format

Over the past couple of years I've amassed quite a collection of guides, tutorials and ebooks in PDF format. A lot of these are quite useful for work, especially PDF documentation, and rather than have to be at a computer every time I want to read…
Mike B
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Is there any way to convert a LaTeX document to any Microsoft Word format, while retaining the document's structure?

I'm currently working on a developer's manual to go with an application I'm making for work. I wrote a simple script to go through all of my code, and parse all of my comments into a LaTeX document, and then added some additional reference material…
Breakthrough
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How can I convert AVI files into MPGs with ffmpeg?

I have this problem with some AVI files. The output of ffmpeg -i file.avi contains the line [NULL @ 0x97c4d40]Invalid and inefficient vfw-avi packed B frames detected. Someone advised me to use ffmpeg -i file.avi -vcodec h263 -acodec aac -f mpg…
xralf
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RAW disk image and .Img format, Difference?

So I need .img file to use with xen hypervisor. Currently I have a vmdk disk image of my current installation. It seems qemu can convert from vmdk to raw disk image, and as far as I read, .img file is also a raw disk image format. My question is if…
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How can I convert a .txt file to .csv format without using Excel?

I have a .txt file consisting of very long paragraphs, with a single newline character separating each paragraph. I would like to convert this to a .csv format so that the file effectively has one column holding all the paragrahs, i.e., the first…
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