How to find out line-endings in a text file?

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You can use the file utility to give you an indication of the type of line endings.

Unix:

$ file testfile1.txt
testfile.txt: ASCII text

“DOS”:

$ file testfile2.txt
testfile2.txt: ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators

To convert from “DOS” to Unix:

$ dos2unix testfile2.txt

To convert from Unix to “DOS”:

$ unix2dos testfile1.txt

Converting an already converted file has no effect so it’s safe to run blindly (i.e. without testing the format first) although the usual disclaimers apply, as always.

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