NAME

LineBreakTool - convert linebreaks of text files

SYNOPSIS

linebreaktool -h|--help|--version

linebreaktool [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose] FILE [TYPE]

linebreaktool (-c|--convert) [-v|--verbose] FILE [TYPE] TYPE

README

With this script you can check if a text file is of a specific type and convert it to a different type.

Special feature is the ability of fixing files that were broken by wrong ftp upload and download mode (ascii/bin).

Supported file types are dos, mac, unix and broken.

It also runs under DOS.

(unix2dos dos2unix fixeol newline linebreak)

DESCRIPTION

-h, --help
Output usage information and exit.

--version
Output version information and exit.

-v, --verbose
Be verbose about what happens.

FILE
The name of the file or directory to treat.

If you give a directory name all files will recursively be treated.

-t, --test
Test the type of file.

If TYPE is given it prints if the type of the file matches TYPE.

TYPE
The type of the file will be compared with TYPE.

-c, --convert
Convert the file to the given type (<to>).

TYPE
The file will only be converted if its type matches <from>.

TYPE
The file will be converted to the type <to>.

SCRIPT CATEGORIES

UNIX/System_administration

Win32

WARRANTY

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

COPYING

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

CREDITS

Jeffrey E.F. Friedl inspired me to implement the regex myself.

AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 2001 2002 2003 Sven Kleese, Hamburg (Germany)

GONZO <[email protected]>

$Name: v0-2pre1 $ $Date: 2003/02/19 13:29:53 $