NAME

Vert.pl - Convert line endings

SYNOPSIS

   Vert.pl [-i u||d||m ] [-o u||d||m  ]  [-h] < input > output

DESCRIPTION

Vert.pl reads from the standard input and writes to the standard output. It converts the line endings of text files from one format to another based on the optins -i and -o. The default is to convert UNIX files into DOS files.

OPTIONS

-i

This option requires a one letter code indicating the type of input file. Options are u for UNIX, d for DOS and m for Macintosh.

-o

This option requires a one letter code indicating the type of output file. Options are u for UNIX, d for DOS and m for Macintosh.

-h

requires no operand. If used, it prints a usage message and exits.

EXAMPLE

Suppose corn.cro and corn.map are UNIX formatted files that you want to convert to DOS. The following sequence converts them to DOS format

        % Vert.pl -i u -o d < corn.cro > dcorn.cro
        % Vert.pl -i u -o d < corn.map > dcorn.map
        
No imagine that you have an entire directory of UNIX files and you want to 
convert them to Macintosh formatted files.   You could use

        % foreach i ( * )
        ? Vert.pl -i u -o m < $i > $i.mac
        ? /usr/bin/mv $i.mac $i
        ? end
        %

The above would replace all of the files with Macintosh formatted versions. Alternatively, you could copy them into a new directory:

        % mkdir macdir
        % foreach i ( * )
        ? if ( -f $i ) Vert.pl -i u -o m < $i > macdir/$i 
        ? end
        %

This script is useful for shared filesystems, that is when a fileserver can be accessed by Windows, UNIX or Macintoshes.

AUTHORS

In general, it is best to contact us via email (basten@statgen.ncsu.edu)

        Christopher J. Basten, B. S. Weir and Z.-B. Zeng
        Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University
        Raleigh, NC 27695-7566, USA
        Phone: (919)515-1934