blknowle@FRODO.JDSSC.DCA.MIL (Brad L. Knowles) (06/27/91)
Folks,
I just checked my man pages, and found a utility called ``dd'' that
purports to convert ASCII to EBCDIC (even does IBM-specific EBCDIC, for
further compatibility with certain print trains), and back. I looked on
my SunOS 4.0.2 386i, and it is there, and is present under under SunOS
4.0.3 (checked on a Sun 4/280) and SunOS 4.1.1b (on my SS2). From this, I
assume (perhaps wrongly) that dd is available under all machines running
SunOS 4.0.2 or later.
I believe dd is part of the standard SVR3/BSD 4.2 and later versions
of those Operating Systems, although not all versions may do ASCII-EBCDIC
conversion.
I haven't tried dd to convert ASCII to EBCDIC and/or back, but I'm
sure I'll get the opportunity -- I'll let you know if I have any
problems.
So, in addition to everything else I've seen said here, how about
``RTFM''?
Please respond via e-mail -- I have a hard time keeping up with this list!
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