Dosunix

Jul 20, 2023

Manipulation of text files in a mixed DOS/Windows and Unix environment

The suite of utilities known as DosUnix provide a selection of features allowing manipulation of text files in a mixed DOS/Windows and Unix environment.

The three utilities are

  • dosunix, which creates a copy of a DOS text file in Unix text format;
  • unixdos, which creates a copy of a Unix text file in DOS text format;
  • chktxt, which inspects a given text file to determine whether it is in DOS text format or Unix text format.


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