On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 22:26 +0000, azeem ahmad wrote: > > > >From: John Summerfied <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: Re: scripts > >Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 05:22:53 +0800 > > > >Les Mikesell wrote: > >>On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 14:18, azeem ahmad wrote: > >> > >>>hi list > >>>i got some scripts. their behavior is much wierd, they dont execute, when > >>>i run them they say > >>>bad interpreter > >>>and if i open them and copy them into a new file which i create using vi > >>>then the same script executes. > >>>it seems to be a problem of encoding like ASCII etc > >>>can i change them using any tools > >>>any suggestions > >> > >> > >>They were probably created under windows and transferred over > >>with carriage-return, line-feed endings intact. If you > >>load them into vim, type :set fileformat=unix and save > >>again it should fix them. Or use the dos2unix program. > >> > >There's a magic perl incantation you can recite. Or you can > > cat olddir/script | tr -d '\r' >newdir/script > >for all and at the end > > chmod +x newdir/* > > > >A quicker way with vim: > >for $f in olddir/* ; do vim -c ':set fileformat=unix' -c :wq $f ; donw > > > >Any more ways to change this light bulb? Even faster. dos2unix & unix2dos command line tools to do this automagically for you. > > > > > > > >-- > > > >Cheers > >John > > > >-- spambait > >1aaaaaaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Z1aaaaaaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Tourist pics http://portgeographe.environmentaldisasters.cds.merseine.nu/ > > > >do not reply off-list > > > thanks Mr. Mikesell, it worked, othewise i was in a lot trouble > Regards > Azeem > >
