Hi Timothy,
On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:31:42 -0400 Timothy Driscoll wrote:
> I need to ensure that a whole bunch of files use unix line endings and
> not Mac. I have been doing this one file at a time in BBEdit, but I
> have a lot of files. can anyone recommend a batch process? almost
> anything will do - script, software, Automator, ...
you can use this Applescript to batch convert line endings of all text
files within a chosen folder to Unix:
-- BEGIN SCRIPT (watch for line breaks!) --
set SourceFolderPath to choose folder with prompt "Choose a folder to convert
line endings of all contained text files:"
tell application "Finder"
try
--- files ending with ".txt":
-- set FilesList to ((every file of entire contents of folder
SourceFolderPath whose name ends with ".txt") as alias) as list
--- files with file type "TEXT":
set FilesList to ((every file of entire contents of folder
SourceFolderPath whose file type is "TEXT") as alias) as list
-- all files:
-- set FilesList to ((every file of entire contents of folder
SourceFolderPath) as alias) as list
on error number -1700 from f
-- for >1 files trick the finder by getting an alias list of
the files from the error message:
set FilesList to f as list
end try
end tell
tell application "BBEdit"
activate
repeat with i from 1 to count FilesList
open (item i of FilesList)
tell text document 1
set line breaks to Unix -- Mac, DOS, Unix
close saving yes
end tell
end repeat
end tell
-- END SCRIPT --
HTH, Matthias
_____________________________________
Matthias Steffens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.extracts.de
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