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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 13:11:12 -0500 (CDT)
From: Wayne Werner <wayne@waynewerner.com>
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Subject: UTF-EBCDIC encoding?
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Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:50545

Is anyone aware of a UTF-EBCDIC[1] decoder?

While Python does have a few EBCDIC dialects in the codecs, it does not 
have the (relatively new?) UTF-EBCDIC one.

Additionally, if anyone is aware of a Python tool that can unpack a 
mainframe PDS file, that would also be worthwhile.


Thanks,
Wayne

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-EBCDIC