Is it possible to use the find command to find all the "non-binary" files in a directory? Here's the problem I'm trying to solve.

I've getting an archive of files from a windows user. This archive contains source code and image files. Our build system doesn't play nice with files that have windows line endings. I have a command line program (flip -u) that will flip line endings between *nix and windows. So, I'd like to do something like this

find . -type f | xargs flip -u 

However, if this command is run against an image file, or other binary media file, it will corrupt the file. I realize I could build a list of file extensions and filter with that, but I'd rather have something that's not reliant on me keeping that list up to date.

So, is there a way to find all the non-binary files in a directory tree? Or is there an alternate solution I should consider?

Is it possible to use the find command to find all the "non-binary" files in a directory? Here's the problem I'm trying to solve.

I've received an archive of files from a windows user. This archive contains source code and image files. Our build system doesn't play nice with files that have windows line endings. I have a command line program (flip -u) that will flip line endings between *nix and windows. So, I'd like to do something like this

find . -type f | xargs flip -u 

However, if this command is run against an image file, or other binary media file, it will corrupt the file. I realize I could build a list of file extensions and filter with that, but I'd rather have something that's not reliant on me keeping that list up to date.

So, is there a way to find all the non-binary files in a directory tree? Or is there an alternate solution I should consider?