CONVERT ASCII TEXT TO EBCDIC?
r_r...@vcc7.vcc.bc.ca
: Has anyone had the need to convert a ascii text file
: to ebcdic? I was wondering if there is a command that will allow
: me to convert my ascii file to edcdic and also write that format
: to tape.
Sure, the dd command will convert to and from EBCDIC and ASCII.
cir...@asmusa.org
Hello Aix World,
Has anyone had the need to convert a ascii text file
to ebcdic? I was wondering if there is a command that will allow
me to convert my ascii file to edcdic and also write that format
to tape.
Thanks in advance...
Clarence Irons
email : cir...@asmusa.org
Joerg Passenberg
There is also a tool called recode avaible (gnu), which can convert
between a lot of formats:
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Jan Mandel
: In article <1994Sep29.1...@tigger.jvnc.net> cir...@asmusa.org writes:
: > Has anyone had the need to convert a ascii text file
: > to ebcdic? I was wondering if there is a command that will allow
: > me to convert my ascii file to edcdic and also write that format
: > to tape.
: Look at the conv option of dd.
Mean rumor from the time I worked on 360/370/3090 has it that the actual
EBCDIC tables for various mainframes are IBM trade secret.
The man page for dd shows relevant conv= options
ascii Converts EBCDIC to ASCII.
ebcdic Converts ASCII to standard EBCDIC.
ibm Converts ASCII to an IBM version of EBCDIC.
Note the indefinite article ... Good luck.
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jma...@colorado.edu
Dan Prener
> Has anyone had the need to convert a ascii text file
> to ebcdic? I was wondering if there is a command that will allow
> me to convert my ascii file to edcdic and also write that format
> to tape.
Look at the conv option of dd.
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Dan Prener (pre...@watson.ibm.com)
Mr MacTex
writes:
Try using the "dd" command. You can convert ascii to ebcdic and vice
versa.
Dan Prener
> Dan Prener (pre...@watson.ibm.com) wrote:
> : In article <1994Sep29.1...@tigger.jvnc.net> cir...@asmusa.org writes:
>
> : > Has anyone had the need to convert a ascii text file
> : > to ebcdic? I was wondering if there is a command that will allow
> : > me to convert my ascii file to edcdic and also write that format
> : > to tape.
>
> : Look at the conv option of dd.
>
> Mean rumor from the time I worked on 360/370/3090 has it that the actual
> EBCDIC tables for various mainframes are IBM trade secret.
> The man page for dd shows relevant conv= options
>
> ascii Converts EBCDIC to ASCII.
> ebcdic Converts ASCII to standard EBCDIC.
> ibm Converts ASCII to an IBM version of EBCDIC.
>
> Note the indefinite article ... Good luck.
I could post the conversion tables (the ones available to me are in
octal), but they don't really make interesting reading for everyone.
At the risk of stating the obvious, anyone who wants to know what
they are can apply the various conversion options of dd to a file
containing the 256 one-byte values.
--
Dan Prener (pre...@watson.ibm.com)
Jan Mandel
Well that the tables are secret was of course a joke.
What is not a joke is that there is not a single EBCDIC code but
rather a number of versions accumulated over the ages. To which one will
the poor user translate? Which one will his target mainframe understand?
[Few years back, when we used BITNET instead of Internet, some mails
forwarded thru certain mainframes got garbled in interesting ways,
for example, once I think all } (right curly bracket) got replaced by bell, ^G.
This was blamed on different ASCII/EBCDIC tables on the route... Made sending
TeX files quite difficult.. around 1988 I think]
Bill Manry - IBM SBU
[...]
> What is not a joke is that there is not a single EBCDIC code but
> rather a number of versions accumulated over the ages. To which one will
> the poor user translate? Which one will his target mainframe understand?
For that matter, which ASCII does his client use? The existence
of multiple encodings is not unique to EBCDIC.
EBCDIC codepage 37 prevails in the USA while various national
codepages are used in Europe etc. In recent standardization projects
IBM has proposed codepage 500 as a "default" EBCDIC. It differs
from codepage 37 only in the points assigned to a few glyphs.
/b
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Bill Manry
Oracle Corp. / Mainframe & Integration Technologies / BMa...@us.oracle.com
#include <disclaimer.usual>
Michael G. Phillips
: Jan Mandel (jma...@carbon.denver.colorado.edu) wrote:
: [...]
: > What is not a joke is that there is not a single EBCDIC code but
: > rather a number of versions accumulated over the ages. To which one will
: > the poor user translate? Which one will his target mainframe understand?
: For that matter, which ASCII does his client use? The existence
: of multiple encodings is not unique to EBCDIC.
Having watched this thread (and others like it before) I am
really amused at how much "effort" has been extended to worring
about "character" set translations when the real problem is most
likely, *many* packed-decimal and/or binary fields combined with
an abundance of record redefinition so common in just about
*every* 360/370/etc host based system. I should know, I've had
to port them, support them, and even create some myself (%-).
But then some of us are just too old to have been "born to unix"
and have even paid bills with COBOL knowledge...
Back to the thread: The real key is to build a parser that
can read your file definitions and generate conversion code.
Of course, some hand tweaking will be required to provide
all of the "expert" knowledge to determine which redefines
gets used when. As for which ASCII & which EBCDIC, hell just
make that a run time option, sooner or later you'll find the
right set for *that* tape... now what about *this* tape?
-michael
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Bill Manry - Oracle Corporation
[...]
> Having watched this thread (and others like it before) I am
> really amused at how much "effort" has been extended to worring
> about "character" set translations when the real problem is most
> likely, *many* packed-decimal and/or binary fields combined with
> an abundance of record redefinition so common in just about
> *every* 360/370/etc host based system. I should know, I've had
> to port them, support them, and even create some myself (%-).
> But then some of us are just too old to have been "born to unix"
> and have even paid bills with COBOL knowledge...
The man speaks verily indeed. We have a couple of products that do
this (e.g. unsnarl mainframe record structures into data that ASCII
client-ish systems like) and it's not fun.
But...the original posting specifically concerned translating text
from ASCII to EBCDIC, hence the digression into an area of interest
to most international users at least. I doubt that the poster wants
or intends to construct complete mixed-format mainframe records on
the ASCII side.
;-)
((Has anyone had the need to convert a ascii text file
((to ebcdic? I was wondering if there is a command that will allow
((me to convert my ascii file to edcdic and also write that format
((to tape.
Hans Henrik Eriksen
> to ebcdic? I was wondering if there is a command that will allow
> me to convert my ascii file to edcdic and also write that format
> to tape.
>
dd if=inputfile conv=ebcdic of=/dev/rmt0
or whatever you your tape device is
Hans Henrik
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Jack Gostl
: : Jan Mandel (jma...@carbon.denver.colorado.edu) wrote:
: : [...]
: : > What is not a joke is that there is not a single EBCDIC code but
: : > rather a number of versions accumulated over the ages. To which one will
: : > the poor user translate? Which one will his target mainframe understand?
: : For that matter, which ASCII does his client use? The existence
: : of multiple encodings is not unique to EBCDIC.
: Having watched this thread (and others like it before) I am
: really amused at how much "effort" has been extended to worring
: about "character" set translations when the real problem is most
: likely, *many* packed-decimal and/or binary fields combined with
: an abundance of record redefinition so common in just about
: *every* 360/370/etc host based system. I should know, I've had
: to port them, support them, and even create some myself (%-).
: But then some of us are just too old to have been "born to unix"
: and have even paid bills with COBOL knowledge...
Usually, but not always. Can't remember which, but either { or }
translates differently on Burroughs, oops, Unisys systems than on IBM
systems. Haven't heard of any other differences.
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Edward T Spire
: really amused at how much "effort" has been extended to worring
: about "character" set translations when the real problem is most
: likely, *many* packed-decimal and/or binary fields combined with
: an abundance of record redefinition so common in just about
: *every* 360/370/etc host based system.
: Back to the thread: The real key is to build a parser that
: can read your file definitions and generate conversion code.
: Of course, some hand tweaking will be required to provide
: all of the "expert" knowledge to determine which redefines
: gets used when.
Exactly. Packed decimal, zoned decimal, and binary fields are common.
You really want a program that will read a COBOL FD include file and
figure out how to convert the date. Also, standard tapes labels i
(including multi-volume support) need to be handled.
A filter that reads control fields from stdin and messages to stderr,
a tape device or such as real data input, and stdout as the real data
output sounds right to me. I'd be willing to write this product
if I could work with a real customer on the project, rather than
working in a vacuum.
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Olaf Ehbrecht
>In article <1994Sep29.1...@tigger.jvnc.net> cir...@asmusa.org writes:
>>
>> Has anyone had the need to convert a ascii text file
>> to ebcdic? I was wondering if there is a command that will allow
>> me to convert my ascii file to edcdic and also write that format
>> to tape.
>>
>> Clarence Irons
>
> dd if=inputfile conv=ebcdic of=/dev/rmt0
>
> or whatever you your tape device is
>
> Hans Henrik
for conversion only: axeb (ebxa for ebcdic to ascii)
but, this programs only works for standard ascii-codes (0-127) !
If you have international (french,schwedish,german,...) ascii text, with
ascii-codes above 127, try 'iconv' !
Olaf.
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