DTCONVERTVF(1)

💅 NAME 💅

dtconvertvf — convert VUE 3.0 action/filetype files to DT syntax. That's the name line, bestie, and this page is filed under special file in the manual — folded in near the top like a lil name tag 🎀.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

dtconvertvf

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so dtconvertvf is a filter script, and its whole job is converting VUE 3.0 action and filetype databases to the new CDE 1.0 datatypes syntax. It's giving file-format glow-up, no cap. 💅

If the input is a VUE 3.0 filetype file (*.vf), then the output gets converted to a CDE 1.0 datatypes file. Naming the output file accordingly is up to the user — that part is on you, bestie, not the script. 🫶

And to be recognized by CDE 1.0, the output file must have the .dt suffix. Periodt. ⭐

🌸 EXAMPLE 🌸

To convert a single action/filetype file to CDE 1.0 syntax, the page literally has sp 1 sitting there before the command, so I'm keeping that exact token visible — no edits, no notes, just vibes:

sp 1
dtconvertvf &< file.vf > file.dt

To convert all action/filetype files in the current directory to CDE 1.0 syntax, here's the loop exactly as the page gives it:

for vffile in *.vf; do
dtfile=${vffile%.vf}.dt
dtconvertvf &< $vffile > $dtfile
done

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And that's the whole page, bestie — the footer just says dtconvertvf(special file) again, so we're matching that special file energy with no extra version/date drama on this one. 💜🫶