[ale] Batch processing text files

[Chuck Huber]

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> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 22:29:05 -0800
> From: Joe Bayes <jbayes at spoo.mminternet.com>
> Subject: Re: [ale] Batch processing text files
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
> 
> Jerry Yu writes:
> 
>> >dos2unix converts the file in-place, therefore the structure ( assume you
>> >meant directory structure) is intact.
> 
> But I thought he wanted the structure in a new location, not replacing
> the old one.
> 
> I would do the following:
> 
> mkdir converted
> tar cf - in |(cd converted ; tar xf -)
> cd converted
> find ./ -type f -exec unix2dos "{}" \;

Here's a short script that will accomplish what you seek:

# create a mirror directory structure under ../converted
for d in `find . -type d` ; do mkdir -p ../converted/$d ; done

# Convert each file within the structure
for f in `find . -type f` ; do
    unix2dos --newfile $f ../converted/$f ;
done

Enjoy,
    - Chuck
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