diff --git a/bin/buildindexedfile.sh b/bin/buildindexedfile.sh
index 359946cef..bb82191b5 100755
--- a/bin/buildindexedfile.sh
+++ b/bin/buildindexedfile.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ fi
 
 # make temp file with list of lines that contain keys
 records=$(mktemp)
-awk '!/^$|^#|^\[/' > "$records"
+tr -d "\r" | awk '!/^$|^#|^\[/' > "$records"
 
 # make temp assembly source file that represents the binary OKVS data structure
 source=$(mktemp)
diff --git a/bin/buildokvs.sh b/bin/buildokvs.sh
index ee83cdbb1..08d768e10 100755
--- a/bin/buildokvs.sh
+++ b/bin/buildokvs.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # make temp file with just the key/value pairs (strip blank lines, comments, eof marker)
 records=$(mktemp)
-awk '!/^$|^#|^\[/' > "$records"
+tr -d "\r" | awk '!/^$|^#|^\[/' > "$records"
 
 # make temp assembly source file that represents the binary OKVS data structure
 source=$(mktemp)
diff --git a/bin/buildsearch.sh b/bin/buildsearch.sh
index 27a47d579..9a651b282 100755
--- a/bin/buildsearch.sh
+++ b/bin/buildsearch.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 # make temp file with just the key/value pairs (strip blank lines, comments, eof marker)
 records=$(mktemp)
-awk '!/^$|^#|^\[/' > "$records"
+tr -d "\r" | awk '!/^$|^#|^\[/' > "$records"
 
 # read logs of offsets & sizes for HGR and DHGR titles
 # that were generated by an earlier script
diff --git a/bin/buildslideshow.sh b/bin/buildslideshow.sh
index 80a11878b..b67c1940c 100755
--- a/bin/buildslideshow.sh
+++ b/bin/buildslideshow.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ games=$(cat "$1")
 
 # make temp file with just the key/value pairs (strip blank lines, comments, eof marker)
 records=$(mktemp)
-awk '!/^$|^#|^\[/' > "$records"
+tr -d "\r" | awk '!/^$|^#|^\[/' > "$records"
 
 # make temp assembly source file that represents the binary OKVS data structure
 source=$(mktemp)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ source=$(mktemp)
      if [ "$include_displayname" = false ]; then
          displayname=""
      else
-         displayname=$(echo "$line" | awk -F= '{ print $2 }')
+         displayname=$(echo "$line" | tr -d "\r" | awk -F= '{ print $2 }')
      fi
      echo "!byte ${#key}+${#value}+${#displayname}+5"  # OKVS record length
      echo "!byte ${#key}"              # OKVS key length
diff --git a/bin/converthelp.sh b/bin/converthelp.sh
index 0693ec856..2bdf999bf 100755
--- a/bin/converthelp.sh
+++ b/bin/converthelp.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 tr "\*\~\<\>\$\%" "\020\021\010\025\016\017" < "$1" | \
-    awk '!/^\[/ { printf "%c%s", length, $0 } END { printf "\xFF" }' > "$2"
+    tr -d "\r" | awk '!/^\[/ { printf "%c%s", length, $0 } END { printf "\xFF" }' > "$2"