trscripts - 1.18+nmu2 main

The script `trbdf' can convert a BDF font from one codeset
to another.
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The script `trcs' reencodes text files from one codeset to another.
It can generate scripts for `tr'. For example the command
trcs --from cp1252 --to latin1 --gen-script
gives you the following output:
#!/bin/sh
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trap "exit 0" PIPE
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cat "$@" | tr \
'\200''\201''\202''\203''\204''\205''\206''\207''\210''\211''\212'\
'\213''\214''\215''\216''\217''\220''\221''\222''\223''\224''\225'\
'\226''\227''\230''\231''\232''\233''\234''\235''\236''\237' \
'\105''\77''\47''\146''\42''\267''\53''\77''\136''\77''\123'\
'\253''\117''\77''\132''\77''\77''\47''\47''\42''\42''\267'\
'\-''\-''\176''\77''\163''\273''\157''\77''\172''\131'
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Both scripts try to approximate the missing from the target codeset
symbols.
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It is easy to add support of other character sets.