[H-GEN] EBCDIC -> ASCII

[Stuart Longland]

Brenton Bills wrote:

> I am trying to conver an EBCDIC file to ASCII, I am using the command,
> 
> dd conv=ascii if=infile of=new.txt
> 

I just tried the following...

(11:32) stuartl at beast stuartl $ dd if=Configure.help 
of=Configure.help.ebcdic conv=ebcdic
2386+1 records in
2386+1 records out

 >> got me an EBCDIC-encoded file: Configure.help.ebcdic

(11:32) stuartl at beast stuartl $ less Configure.help.ebcdic
"Configure.help.ebcdic" may be a binary file.  See it anyway? y

{@<D4><81><89><95><A3><81><89><95><85><84>@<82><A8>z%{^E<C5><99><89>
<83>@<E2>K@<D9><81><A8><94><96><95><84>@L<94><81><89><93><A3><96>z<85>
<A2><99>|<A3><88><A8><99><A2><A4><A2>K<83><96><94>n%{^E<E2><A3><85><A5>
<85><95>@<C3><96><93><85>@L<94><81><89><93><A3><96>z<85><93><85><95><A2>
<A3><85><A5>|<94><85><A2><81><A3><96><97>K<83><96><94>n%{%{@<E3><99>
<81><95><A2><93><81><A3><89><96><95><A2>@<96><86>@<A3><88><89><A2>@
<86><89><93><85>@<81><A5><81><89><93><81><82><93>

 >> I see more random junk like the above (I assume this is what EBCDIC 
 >> looks like when viewed as ASCII).  Now to convert back...

(11:32) stuartl at beast stuartl $ dd if=Configure.help.ebcdic 
of=Configure.help.ascii conv=ascii
2386+1 records in
2386+1 records out
(11:32) stuartl at beast stuartl $ less Configure.help.ascii
# Maintained by:
#       Eric S. Raymond <mailto:esr at thyrsus.com>
#       Steven Cole <mailto:elenstev at mesatop.com>
#
# Translations of this file available on the WWW:
#
#   - Japanese, maintained by the JF Project <mailto:JF at linux.or.jp>, at
#     <http://www.linux.or.jp/JF/JFdocs/Configure.help/>

Looks like that's back to ASCII... Hope this helps.
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