Difference between revisions of "Convert Windows Mac Linux"
(→How to Convert Between Files Types) |
|||
| Line 49: | Line 49: | ||
| − | <div class="callout note">You can convert a file without highlighting a section | + | <div class="callout note">You can convert a file without highlighting a section, but you will be prompt when opening the converter "OK to convert entire file?" |
[[File:Convert_Entire_File.png|border|upright|class=img-responsive center-block|link=]] | [[File:Convert_Entire_File.png|border|upright|class=img-responsive center-block|link=]] | ||
Revision as of 21:20, 27 January 2017
This article shows how to convert between different file types and perform other useful conversions.
- Converting between Windows/DOS, UNIX/Linux and Macintosh text files.
- Converting from fixed-length records into normal text files.
- Converting a text file into fixed-length records.
- Padding a text file to make all lines the same length.
- Stripping trailing spaces from a text file.
vEdit supports Windows/DOS, UNIX/Linux and Mac text files. Main differences between them are the “newline” characters used at the end of each line. vEdit also supports data files with fixed-length records.
Confirm File Type
When opening a file, vEdit automatically determines the most likely file type. It can usually determine the correct file type for text files (Windows/DOS, UNIX/Linux or Mac). It is highly recommended confirming the file type before doing file converting.
1. Move the cursor to the end of a line 2. Press Alt-D (the hot-key for View > Toggle display mode)
You can now see the hex codes for the “newline” characters, if any. “0D” is the hex code for Carriage-Return. “0A” is the hex code for Line-Feed.
- Windows / DOS
- If each line ends in “0D 0A”, you have a Windows/DOS text file.
- Linux / UNIX
- If each line ends in just “0A”, you have a UNIX text file.
- Apple Mac
- If each line ends in just “0D”, you have a Mac text file.
If you don't see “0D” or “0A”, then you must have already explicitly set a record-length with CONFIG > File handling > File type.
3. Double-check that CONFIG > File handling > File type is set to the correct file type.
- Windows/DOS
- Windows set to “0”
- Linux / UNIX
- Linux set to “1”
- Apple Mac
- Mac set to “2”
Otherwise, it is set to the data file's record length.
How to Convert Between Files Types
Converting Windows/DOS, Mac, and UNIX/Linux files is made easy with vEdit's Convert Macro (Convert between File Types):
1. To convert the entire file, click Block then Select all ( hot-key: Ctrl-A) to block highlight the file.
2. Once you have what you wish to convert highlighted, click Edit, Convert, then select Convert Macro
Since converting between Windows/DOS and UNIX text files is very common, vEdit provides the easy-to-use functions:
Convert Win / DOS to UNIX in 3 just steps, Click EDIT, Convert then Win/DOS to UNIX
or
Convert UNIX to Win / DOS by clicking EDIT, Convert then UNIX to Win/DOS.