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  Re: UTF-EBCDIC encoding? Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-07-12 14:35 -0400
    Re: UTF-EBCDIC encoding? Owen Marshall <o@owenmarshall.invalid> - 2013-07-16 00:40 +0000
      Re: UTF-EBCDIC encoding? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-07-15 20:47 -0400

#50546 — Re: UTF-EBCDIC encoding?

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On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Wayne Werner <wayne@waynewerner.com> wrote:

> 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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-EBCDIC>
> --
> http://mail.python.org/**mailman/listinfo/python-list<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>
>


I can't help you.  I'm astonished.  Trying to imagine the work environment
where this technology would be necessary

-- 
Joel Goldstick
http://joelgoldstick.com

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#50718

On 2013-07-12, Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> wrote:
> --047d7bdc8be492d67804e154c580 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Wayne Werner <wayne@waynewerner.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-EBCDIC>
>> --
>> http://mail.python.org/**mailman/listinfo/python-list<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>
>>
>
>
> I can't help you.  I'm astonished.  Trying to imagine the work
> environment where this technology would be necessary
>

Ask any poor shmuck who has ever had to consume files created by the
government -- especially stuff from the Social Security Administration
-- and they'll tell horror stories about EBCDIC.

Typically I've seen ``iconv'' used for this task, so I'd love to see a
native solution...

--
                        -owen

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#50720

In article <slrnku95jj.c0v.o@owen-marshall-4.local>,
 Owen Marshall <o@owenmarshall.invalid> wrote:

> On 2013-07-12, Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> wrote:
> > --047d7bdc8be492d67804e154c580 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Wayne Werner <wayne@waynewerner.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> 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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UT
> >> F-EBCDIC>
> >> --
> >> http://mail.python.org/**mailman/listinfo/python-list<http://mail.python.or
> >> g/mailman/listinfo/python-list>
> >>
> >
> >
> > I can't help you.  I'm astonished.  Trying to imagine the work
> > environment where this technology would be necessary
> >
> 
> Ask any poor shmuck who has ever had to consume files created by the
> government -- especially stuff from the Social Security Administration
> -- and they'll tell horror stories about EBCDIC.
> 
> Typically I've seen ``iconv'' used for this task, so I'd love to see a
> native solution...

Unix command-line:

dd conv=ascii

or perhaps

dd conv=ascii,unblock cbs=80 ibs=80 if=/dev/cr of=/dev/lp (*)

(*) My dd-fu has tarnished with age.  Forgive me if I've munged the 
incantation somewhat.

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