Shell script for using dos2unix on directories and sub directories for KornShell

Question

dos2unix takes filename as an argument. I need to make it generic so that it can take either a file or directories and then search recursively in directories and convert all files in the tree structure from dos to Unix. I am using KornShell (ksh). Please help

Thanks.

It is not working for sub directories and also if main directory has sub directories and some files in it. Eg: If i have a directory abc and it has directories temp temp1 and files t1.txt t2.txt.then this command does not cover all sub directories — ruby, Jun 29 '11 at 05:20
it works in `bash` atleast. did you give main directory in the place of `path` — Prince John Wesley, Jun 29 '11 at 05:28
Thanks John. I am attaching script for your reference.Please see this is not working :( — ruby, Jun 29 '11 at 08:22
#!/bin/ksh var=$1 for i in `cat $var` do if [ -d "$i" ]; then cd $i find . -name *.* -maxdepth -exec dos2unix {} \; else echo "Processing $i file..." dos2unix -437 $i fi done — ruby, Jun 29 '11 at 08:24
`#!/bin/ksh if [ "$#" -eq 1 ]; then find "$1" -type f -exec dos2unix {} \; fi` — Prince John Wesley, Jun 29 '11 at 08:33

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 29 '11 at 08:35

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Use find:

find file-path -type f -exec dos2unix {} \;

answered Jun 29 '11 at 08:35

Prince John Wesley

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 14 '14 at 22:16

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I tried Prince John's answer on SunOS 5.10 with a KornShell, and it didn't work.

Apparently, because the dos2unix command was missing the output file, so it only printed to the stdout.

This modification to his answer worked for me.

find . -type f -exec dos2unix {} {} \;

answered Apr 14 '14 at 22:16

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Dos2unix is not part of the Unix standard. Their are many different implementations. People should always consult the man page first. – Erwin Waterlander Apr 15 '14 at 07:38
True. This is the man page shown in my system: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19253-01/816-5165/dos2unix-1/index.html – Sekkuar Apr 15 '14 at 18:14

Shell script for using dos2unix on directories and sub directories for KornShell

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