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unix2dos — Change Unix-style line endings to DOS-style. Replaces LF with CRLF. See also: `unix2mac`, `dos2unix`

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Problem

How to use the unix2dos command: Change Unix-style line endings to DOS-style. Replaces LF with CRLF. See also: unix2mac, dos2unix, mac2unix. More information: <https://manned.org/unix2dos>.

Solution

unix2dos — Change Unix-style line endings to DOS-style. Replaces LF with CRLF. See also: unix2mac, dos2unix, mac2unix. More information: <https://manned.org/unix2dos>.

Change the line endings of a file:

unix2dos {{path/to/file}}

Create a copy with DOS-style line endings:

unix2dos {{[-n|--newfile]}} {{path/to/file}} {{path/to/new_file}}

Display file information:

unix2dos {{[-i|--info]}} {{path/to/file}}

Keep/add/remove Byte Order Mark:

unix2dos --{{keep-bom|add-bom|remove-bom}} {{path/to/file}}

Code Snippets

Change the line endings of a file

unix2dos {{path/to/file}}

Create a copy with DOS-style line endings

unix2dos {{[-n|--newfile]}} {{path/to/file}} {{path/to/new_file}}

Display file information

unix2dos {{[-i|--info]}} {{path/to/file}}

Keep/add/remove Byte Order Mark

unix2dos --{{keep-bom|add-bom|remove-bom}} {{path/to/file}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/unix2dos

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