perl -pe "s/\r(?=\n)//" winfile.txt > unixfile.txt #### perl -i.bak -pe "s/\r(?=\n)//" winfile.txt > unixfile.txt #### perl -e "print \"foo\r\nbar\r\nstuff\";" > f.txt perl -pe "s/(\s)/'['.ord($1).']'/esg" f.txt REM output: foo[13][10]bar[13][10]stuff perl -i.bak -pe "s/\r(?=\n)//" f.txt perl -pe "s/(\s)/'['.ord($1).']'/esg" f.txt REM output: foo[10]bar[10]stuff