01-27-2015
EBCDIC TO ASCII Conversion through UNIX Command
Hi All ,
I have a mainframe file which contains the data in EBCDIC unreadable format.I have downloaded this raw unreadable file from mainframe system to windows in text format then I pushed to Unix system.Now I want to convert this file to ASCII readable format file in unix.Can anyone advise me how can I do that from EBCDIC(unreadable format) TO ASCII(readable format) file Conversion through Unix Command.Any suggestion in this regard will be highly appreciated.
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hexeditor
HEXEDITOR(1) General Commands Manual HEXEDITOR(1)
NAME
hexeditor - Full screen curses Hex editor
SYNOPSIS
hexeditor [ -8abdfgqrv ] [ filename ]
DESCRIPTION
Hexeditor is an editor to edit binary (or any) files or disks. The Display consists of the current offset from 0 (the first byte), the
next sixteen bytes (aligned by bytes or 32-bit words), and its ASCII or EBCDIC text representation.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Display help
-8, --highbit
Display 8-bit text
-a, --alltext
Display all text regardless that you know better
-b, --buffer
Buffer the entire file into memory. Faster, and enables insert and delete.
-d, --disk
File editing is a disk. OpenBSD and Linux only.
-f, --force
Force editing of a disk. Need this option to enable writing to disks.
-q, --quiet
Quiet Mode; Turn off all beeping.
-r, --readonly
Do not allow modifying the file
-v, --version
Display version number
Commands and keys
^A Insert byte
Insert Insert byte
^D Delete byte
Delete Delete byte
^E viEw as text dump
^F Page down
^V Page down
Page Down
Page down
^B Page Up
^Y Page Up
Alt-V Page Up
Page Up
Page Up
Tab Switch from hex to text representation
^I Switch from hex to text representation
^T goTo offset
^G Get help
^L Redraw screen
^C Quit without saving
^O Save
^X Save and Quit
^W Search (text/hex)
^N find Next
^U Undo
^R ASCII <=> EBCDIC
^P Switch Spacings
^+ Binary Calculator
Author
Adam Rogoyski <apoc@laker.net>
See Also
od (1)
BUGS
Editing disks is only supported in Linux and OpenBSD.
Please email Adam Rogoyski <apoc@laker.net> with any bugs you might find. This man page is intentionally brief. Please Read the included
documentation in Texinfo format for additional information
HEXEDITOR(1)