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How to convert a EBCDIC file to ASCII?
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What operating system will the conversion
be done on? Robert G. Jordan
Robert@JORDAN2000.com
Unix Sys Admin
Chicago, Illinois U.S.A.
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be done on? Robert G. Jordan
Robert@JORDAN2000.com
Unix Sys Admin
Chicago, Illinois U.S.A.
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Here's a message thread that may help you.
thread209-27959
The actual conversion is beyond my expertise.
You may try posting this in a main frame forum as well.
Robert Robert G. Jordan
Robert@JORDAN2000.com
Unix Sys Admin
Chicago, Illinois U.S.A.
thread209-27959
The actual conversion is beyond my expertise.
You may try posting this in a main frame forum as well.
Robert Robert G. Jordan
Robert@JORDAN2000.com
Unix Sys Admin
Chicago, Illinois U.S.A.
My basic understanding is that ftp should work
in the ascii mode as long as the source data
is character data and not packed data.
Robert Robert G. Jordan
Robert@JORDAN2000.com
Unix Sys Admin
Chicago, Illinois U.S.A.
in the ascii mode as long as the source data
is character data and not packed data.
Robert Robert G. Jordan
Robert@JORDAN2000.com
Unix Sys Admin
Chicago, Illinois U.S.A.
praise12:
While I've never had cause to use it, the dd command has an option to perform EBCDIC/ASCII conversions. Here's a section from man dd:
conv=value[,value...]
Where values are comma-separated symbols from the following list:
ascii Convert EBCDIC to ASCII.
asciib Convert EBCDIC to ASCII
Regards,
Ed
Schaefer
While I've never had cause to use it, the dd command has an option to perform EBCDIC/ASCII conversions. Here's a section from man dd:
conv=value[,value...]
Where values are comma-separated symbols from the following list:
ascii Convert EBCDIC to ASCII.
asciib Convert EBCDIC to ASCII
Regards,
Ed
Schaefer
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praise12:
I'm still thinking about this one, but I think you're going to have to look at each character and not convert it if it's a new line.
The dd command might be able to help you because it has block size and count options:
dd bs=1 count=1
I'll be interested in what you finally develop.
Regards,
Ed
Schaefer
I'm still thinking about this one, but I think you're going to have to look at each character and not convert it if it's a new line.
The dd command might be able to help you because it has block size and count options:
dd bs=1 count=1
I'll be interested in what you finally develop.
Regards,
Ed
Schaefer
Hi,
If your file contains only printable characters, you can try :
tr '\n' '\000' < file.ebcdic | dd conv=ascii 2> /dev/null | tr '\000' '\n' > file.ascii
In fact, it's ok if the null is not in your file.
Don't convert binary datas from ebcdic to ascii. Jean Pierre.
If your file contains only printable characters, you can try :
tr '\n' '\000' < file.ebcdic | dd conv=ascii 2> /dev/null | tr '\000' '\n' > file.ascii
In fact, it's ok if the null is not in your file.
Don't convert binary datas from ebcdic to ascii. Jean Pierre.
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