dos to unix CR/LF conversion?

[Scott Allen]

On Sun Nov 09,2003 08:28:19 PM James Knott wrote:
> Several years ago, I used to work on a system based on a Data General 
> Nova 800.  In the monitor program, the command to copy a file was:
> 
> $XFER source_file>dest_file
> 
> The command to delete a file was:
> 
> $XFER source_file>
> 
> This meant that accidently hitting the Enter key too soon, would 
> result in deleting a file you intended to copy!

Well, *nix can be almost as bad. If you intend to copy files 'a' and 
'b' into directory 'dir', you can enter:

cp a b dir

But, if you accidentally press Enter before entering dir, file 'a' will 
be copied as file 'b', essentially deleting the original file 'b'. 
(Yes, I know that you can set up an alias so that you will be prompted 
about overwrites).


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