diff --git a/changelog.d/7970.misc b/changelog.d/7970.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee9f1a711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/7970.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add a script to detect source code files using non-unix line terminators.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts-dev/check_line_terminators.sh b/scripts-dev/check_line_terminators.sh
index 0f430e839..c98395623 100755
--- a/scripts-dev/check_line_terminators.sh
+++ b/scripts-dev/check_line_terminators.sh
@@ -28,4 +28,7 @@
 cd `dirname $0`/..
 
 # Find and print files with non-unix line terminators
-find . -path './.git/*' -prune -o -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep -I -l $'\r$' && ( echo 'found files with CRLF line endings'; exit 1 )
+if find . -path './.git/*' -prune -o -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep -I -l $'\r$'; then
+    echo -e '\e[31mERROR: found files with CRLF line endings. See above.\e[39m'
+    exit 1
+fi