[s]x[d]  --  8-bit Character Encoding Converter V1.23                1997-07-27

                                  [s]x[d]

Function
        [s]x[d] is a filter (reads stdin, writes stdout) which converts
        characters from Character Encoding

		[ls]
	to
		[ld]

Type
        (External) Filter

Format
        [s]x[d] {[s]-file} {[d]-file} {-b*}

              All parameters are optional.

              Positional parameters:

              [s]-file
                         superseedes stdin, file coded in [ls]
                         if no [d]-file is supplied, this is the output
                         file name, too.

              [d]
                         superseedes stdout, file coded in [ld]

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

Example
        # converts srctext.txt to dsttext.txt
        [s]x[d] srctext.txt dsttext.txt
   or   [s]x[d] <srctext.txt >isotext.txt
        # converts test.txt
        [s]x[d] test.txt

Note
        replace
                [s]  by source encoding 3-4 letter shortname (e.g. ISO)
                [d]  by destination encoding 3-4 letter shortname (e.g. 850)
                [ls] by source encoding long name (e.g. ISO 8859-1)
                [ld] by destination encoding long name (e.g. IBM Codepage 850)

Author/Copyright
        Copyright (c) 1993-1997 by kosta@kostis.net (Kosta Kostis)
        This program may be used free of charge at your own risk.
