TRANSCE8(1)					V1.13              1997-06-14

Name
	transce8 --  8-bit Character Encoding Converter 

Function
        transce8 is a filter (reads stdin, writes stdout) which converts
        characters from one 8-bit Character Encoding to another.

Type
        (External) Filter

Format
        transce8 -s[source] -t[target] {[s]-file} {[t]-file} {-b*}

              All parameters in {} are optional.

              -s[source] source character encoding name
              -t[target] target character encoding name

              Positional parameters:

              [s]-file
                         superseedes stdin, file encoded in [source]
                         if no [t]-file is supplied, this is the output
                         file name, too.

              [t]-file
                         superseedes stdout, file encoded in [target]

              -b*        all unconvertable characters will be marked as *
                         while * is any character you want

Example
        # converts srctext.txt to dsttext.txt (Codepage 850 to ISO 8859-1)
        transce8 -scp850.net -tiso8859.1 srctext.txt dsttext.txt

Author/Copyright
        Copyright (c) 1995-1997 by kosta@kostis.net (Kosta Kostis)
        This program may be used free of charge at your own risk.
