diff --git a/build_scripts/Debian+Ubuntu/convert_dos_files_to_unix.sh b/build_scripts/Debian+Ubuntu/convert_dos_files_to_unix.sh
index fb5af0d05..f5d08d35c 100755
--- a/build_scripts/Debian+Ubuntu/convert_dos_files_to_unix.sh
+++ b/build_scripts/Debian+Ubuntu/convert_dos_files_to_unix.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,16 @@
 
 # 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`
+if test "$*" = ""; then
+	echo No files supplied. Searching for files down the current directory...
+	files=""
+	files=$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=$files" "`find . -name "*.pro" | xargs file /tmp | grep CRLF | cut -d: -f1`
+else
+	files="$*"
+fi
 
 echo About to convert the following files to unix format:
 for i in $files; do
@@ -17,7 +22,7 @@ echo Please press [ENTER] when ready
 read tmp
 
 for i in $files; do
-	echo converting $i...
+	echo "  "converting $i...
 	cat $i | sed -e s/
//g > $i.tmp0000
 	mv -f $i.tmp0000 $i
 done