From: Ben Anderson <benanderson.us@...>
Date: 2005-12-30T07:22:09+09:00
Subject: create file with LF (not CRLF) in windows

Hi,
I have a bunch of files that I want to convert from CRLF to just LF. 
How might I do this?  I'm testing with the following example file
(steel.rb):

f = File.new("steel", "w")
f.syswrite("steel\ncity");
f.close

I then run this from cygwin and get the following output

Ben Anderson@andersonbd1 /cygdrive/c/ruby
$ ruby steel.rb

Ben Anderson@andersonbd1 /cygdrive/c/ruby
$ cat -v steel
steel^M
city

How might I get rid of the CR and just have ruby use an LF?
Thanks,
Ben