diff --git a/build_scripts/Debian+Ubuntu/convert_dos_files_to_unix.sh b/build_scripts/Debian+Ubuntu/convert_dos_files_to_unix.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This script search for files with [dos] line endings down the current directory and converts them to unix format
+
+files=""
+files=$files" "`find . -name "*.cpp" | xargs file /tmp | grep CRLF | cut -d: -f1`
+files=$files" "`find . -name "*.h"   | xargs file /tmp | grep CRLF | cut -d: -f1`
+files=$files" "`find . -name "*.ui"  | xargs file /tmp | grep CRLF | cut -d: -f1`
+files=$files" "`find . -name "*.pro" | xargs file /tmp | grep CRLF | cut -d: -f1`
+
+echo About to convert the following files to unix format:
+for i in $files; do
+	echo "   "$i
+done
+echo Please press [ENTER] when ready
+
+read tmp
+
+for i in $files; do
+	echo converting $i...
+	cat $i | sed -e s/
//g > $i.tmp0000
+	mv -f $i.tmp0000 $i
+done
+
+echo Done.
+
+