fixeol.py

# Fixes newlines some files on Windows.  Some tools seem to output newlines 
# with two CR characters (and an LF character).  This script removes pairs of 
# CRs with a single CR.

import sys

def main():
    filename = sys.argv[1]
    
    print 'Fixing file "{0}".'.format(filename)
    f = open(filename, 'rb')
    text = f.read()
    f.close()
    
    text = text.replace('\r\r','\r')
    
    f = open(filename, 'wb')
    f.write(text)
    f.close()
    
main()