NAME
flip, toms, toix - do newline conversions between **IX and MS-DOS
SYNOPSIS
flip -h flip [ -umvtsbz] file ... flip [ -umvtsbz] - toix [ -vtsbz] file ... toms [ -vtsbz] file ...
DESCRIPTION
flip is a file interchange program that converts text file formats between **ix and MS-DOS. It converts lines ending with carriage-return (CR) and linefeed (LF) to lines ending with just linefeed, or vice versa. If the special argument "-" is given, input is read from stdin and written to stdout.
flip has the following features: flip will normally refuse to convert binary files. You can override this.
When asked to convert a file to the same format that it
already has, flip causes no change to the file. Thus
to convert all files to **IX format you can type
flip -u *
and all files will end up right, regardless of whether
they were in MS-DOS or in **IX format to begin with.
This also works in the opposite direction.
If a file contains isolated CR characters for underlining or overprinting, flip does not change them.
flip preserves file timestamps. You can override this.
flip preserves file permissions.
flip is written in C and will compile and run under MS-DOS/Turbo C, 4.3BSD, and System V.
flip accepts wildcards and multiple filenames on the command line.
If a user interrupt aborts flip, it does not leave behind any garbage files or cause corruption of the files being converted.
When converting from MS-DOS to **IX format, flip removes any trailing control Z (the last character in the file), but leaves embedded control Z characters unchanged. This minimizes the possibility of accidentally converting a binary file that contains a control Z near the beginning. You can override this and ask flip to recognize the first control Z found as end-of-file.
flip can be asked to strip the high (parity) bit as it
converts a file.
flip is normally invoked as:
flip -umhvtb file ...
One of -u, -m, or -h is required. Switches may be given
separately or combined together after a dash. For example,
the three command lines given below are equivalent:
flip -uvt *.c
flip -u -v -t *.c
flip -u -vt *.c
On systems that allow a program to know its own name, flip may be renamed (or linked) to a file called toix for conversion to **IX format, or to a file called toms for conversion to MS-DOS format. When invoked with the name toix or toms, flip will act as if it were invoked with the -u or -m option respectively.
OPTIONS
- -u
-
Convert to **IX format (CR LF => LF, lone CR or LF unchanged, trailing control Z removed, embedded control Z unchanged).
- -m
-
Convert to MS-DOS format (lone LF => CR LF, lone CR unchanged).
- -h
-
Give a help message.
- -v
-
Be verbose, print filenames as they are processed.
- -t
-
Touch files (don't preserve timestamps).
- -s
-
Strip high bit.
- -b
-
Convert binary files too (else binary files are left unchanged).
- -z
-
Truncate file at first control Z encountered.
AUTHOR
Rahul Dhesi <[email protected]>.