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.\" Hey Emacs! This file is -*- nroff -*- source.
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.\" This manpage is copyright (C) 1989 Rahul Dhesi
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.TH FLIP 1 "July 20, 2002" "Linux 2.0" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
flip, toms, toix \- do newline conversions between **IX and MS-DOS
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B flip -h
.br
.B flip \fR[\fP -umvtsbz\fR]\fP \fIfile\fP ...
.br
.B flip \fR[\fP -umvtsbz\fR]\fP -
.br
.B toix \fR[\fP -vtsbz\fR]\fP \fIfile\fP ...
.br
.B toms \fR[\fP -vtsbz\fR]\fP \fIfile\fP ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBflip\fP 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.
\fBflip\fP has the following features:
.sp
.RS
\fBflip\fP 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, \fBflip\fP causes no change to the file. Thus
to convert all files to **IX format you can type
.sp
.nf
.\" flip -u *.* (under MS-DOS)
flip \-u *
.\" (under **IX)
.fi
.sp
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, \fBflip\fP does not change them.
\fBflip\fP preserves file timestamps. You can override this.
\fBflip\fP preserves file permissions.
\fBflip\fP is written in C and will compile and run under
MS-DOS/Turbo C, 4.3BSD, and System V.
\fBflip\fP accepts wildcards and multiple filenames on the command line.
If a user interrupt aborts \fBflip\fP, it does not leave
behind any garbage files or cause corruption of the
files being converted.
When converting from MS-DOS to **IX format, \fBflip\fP
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 \fBflip\fP to recognize the first control Z found as
end-of-file.
\fBflip\fP can be asked to strip the high (parity) bit as it
converts a file.
.RE
.sp
\fBflip\fP is normally invoked as:
.nf
flip \-umhvtb file ...
.fi
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:
.nf
flip \-uvt *.c
flip \-u \-v \-t *.c
flip \-u \-vt *.c
.fi
On systems that allow a program to know its own name, \fBflip\fP
may be renamed (or linked) to a file called toix
.\" (or toix.exe under MS-DOS)
for conversion to **IX format, or to a file called toms
.\" (or toms.exe under MS-DOS)
for conversion to MS-DOS format. When invoked with the name toix or
toms, \fBflip\fP will act as if it were invoked with the \-u or \-m
option respectively.
.\"
.\" .SH RETURN VALUE
.\" On success, \fB@name@\fP returns ...
.\" On error, it returns \-1, and \fIerrno\fP is set appropriately.
.SH OPTIONS
.IP \-u
Convert to **IX format (CR LF => LF, lone CR or LF unchanged, trailing
control Z removed, embedded control Z unchanged).
.IP \-m
Convert to MS-DOS format (lone LF => CR LF, lone CR unchanged).
.IP \-h
Give a help message.
.IP \-v
Be verbose, print filenames as they are processed.
.IP \-t
Touch files (don't preserve timestamps).
.IP \-s
Strip high bit.
.IP \-b
Convert binary files too (else binary files are left unchanged).
.IP \-z
Truncate file at first control Z encountered.
.SH AUTHOR
Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR unix2dos (1),
.BR dos2unix (1).
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