Name

eol - convert line endings

Synopsis

eol [−0dmu] [file ...]

Description

Eol (which stands for End Of Line) converts text to use a particular line terminator.

The options are as follows:

−0

Use a NUL character (a zero byte) to terminate output lines. This might be useful in conjunction with the −0 option of xargs(1).

−d

Use a CR LF pair (carriage return followed by line feed) to terminate output lines. (The −d stands for “DOS”, since MS-DOS — now MS Windows — is the most common system using this line terminator.)

−m

Use a CR (carriage return) character to terminate output lines. (The −m stands for “Macintosh”, since the Macintosh is the most common system using this line terminator.)

−u

Use a LF (line feed) character to terminate output lines. (The −u stands for “Unix”, since various UNIX™ versions and clones are the most common systems using this line terminator.)

Eol treats any of the following as terminating a line in its input: a carriage-return line-feed pair, a line-feed carriage-return pair, a carriage-return alone, a line-feed alone, or a NUL.

See Also

xargs(1), ascii(7)