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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> 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.

The printer expects a DOS file?  But I got it to print the linux file by 
pressing the Paper Out button.  And it also printed a linux file perfectly 
on the other (ribbon) printer, just not on the inkjet.

> > Cheers,
> Steven
>
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