Find all files and change their type from DOS to UNIX?

Submitted by hswong3i on Wed, 2006/08/30 - 18:47

The main problem is the difference format of text file under DOS and UNIX, always face this during diff 2 dir, after working under WinXP and move back to Debian. This simple command can convert all file from DOS to UNIX under Debian:

find /some/dir -type f -exec dos2unix -f '{}' \;

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