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Don't worry, dos2unix skips binaries by default.

Walf
– Walf

2017-05-26 06:38:37 +00:00
Commented May 26, 2017 at 6:38
Better said, dos2unix tries to skip binaries (by default). I wouldn't trust that it always succeeds. I'd feel much safer running a separate command for each file extension, as suggested in this answer.

Henke
– Henke

2023-03-06 12:54:49 +00:00
Commented Mar 6, 2023 at 12:54

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