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Re: [BL] printing in BL3 with wp

From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [BL] printing in BL3 with wp
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:12:37 +1300

sindi keesan wrote:
>
> >>> -------------------------------------
> >>> cat filename | dos2unix -d > /dev/lp0
> >>> -------------------------------------
>
> What does the -d mean?

Convert Linux file to DOS file.

> Why would I want dos2unix to print a linux file?

Because DOS files have a carriage-return/linefeed
at the end of each line in the file. Linux files
do not.

Cheers,
Steven

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