NAME¶
trcs - convert text files from one codeset to other
SYNOPSIS¶
trcs -C | -l | -h
trcs [-s] [-f input-codeset ] [-t output-codeset
] [ file ]...
DESCRIPTION¶
trcs is a program for translation of text files from one codeset to
other. When exact translation is impossible it tries to make approximations.
For example pseudographic characters are approximated by ASCII characters in
codesets that have no pseudographic characters and characters with diacritical
marks are approximated by existing characters.
If the option
-s or
--gen-script is given
trcs will
generate simple script that invokes
tr(1) This is useful if you want to
include this in your script or for faster conversion of many files.
If none of
-C, -s, -l, -h and their equivalents is
given each
file will be read assuming it is coded with codeset
input-codeset On standard output it will be recoded so to use codeset
output-codeset If there is no
file given
trcs will act as
filter. Both
input-codeset and
output-codeset are case
insensitive and default to `cp1251'.
OPTIONS¶
- -C, --copyright
- Display copying conditions and warranty information.
- -s, --gen-script
- Generates conversion script for given input and output encodings instead
to convert text files.
- -l, --list
- List all known codesets with their aliases.
- -h, --help
- Display this help and exit.
- -f input-codeset, --from[=]input-codeset
- Codeset of the source.
- -f output-codeset, --to[=]output-codeset
- Codeset of the output.
EXAMPLES¶
- trcs -fcyrillic -t koi8-r letter.txt
- Convert letter.txt from ISO-8859-5 (cyrillic) to KOI8-R and output
the result on standard output.
- trcs --from cp437 --to=mik --gen-script >ibm2mik
- Generates script ibm2mik for converting from CP437 to MIK.
- sh ibm2mik screen.txt
- Convert screen.txt from CP437 to MIK. Output the result on standard
output. Without parameters ibm2mik acts as filter.
AUTHOR¶
Anton Zinoviev <anton@lml.bas.bg>, <zinoviev@fmi.uni-sofia.bg>
SEE ALSO¶
tr(1)