convert between Unix and Windows text files

Perl

To convert a Windows text file to a Unix text file using Perl, enter:

  perl -p -e 's/\r$//' < winfile.txt > unixfile.txt

To convert from a Unix text file to a Windows text file, enter:

  perl -p -e 's/\n/\r\n/' < unixfile.txt > winfile.txt

You must use single quotation marks in either command line. This prevents your shell from trying to evaluate anything inside.