[plug] Does anyone know where i can get source for dos2unix?

[John Summerfield]

> On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, John Summerfield wrote:
> 
> > > > > > for file in $(find .); do tr -d '\r' <$file >/tmp/trimmed; mv -f
> > > > > > /tmp/trimmed $file; done
> 
> > There IS nobody else on my system
> 
> It's still a good idea to get into the habit of writing secure code
> anyway.
> 
> > Neither did anyone else say anything about /tmp.
> 
> What does the script above do then?
> It reads a file, strips the CR characters, and writes it to /tmp/trimmed,
> overwriting any existing file (and overwriting the target of a symlink
> called /tmp/trimmed)

My sugestion was ex (CLI version of vim). Rewrites in place. I didn't read 
the tr suggestion all that closely<g>.

> 
> I stand by my opinion that noone should use /tmp for temporary files like
> that, even on a single-user machine.

If I want a temporary file, I generate its name on the fly.

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