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Old 07-22-2008
Linux tools to convert file formats
07-22-2008 08:00 AM
Life would be a lot easier if we could live in a Linux-only world and if applications never required data from other sources. However, the need to get data from Windows, MS-DOS, or old Macintosh systems is all too common. This kind of import process requires some conversions to solve file format differences; otherwise, it would be impossible to share data, or file contents would be imported incorrectly. The easiest way to transfer data between systems is by using plain text files or common formats like comma-separated value (CSV) files. However, converting such files from Windows or Mac OS results in formatting differences for the newline characters and character encoding. This article explains why we have these problems and shows ways to solve them.



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lintopvf

pvf(1)							      General Commands Manual							    pvf(1)

NAME

       pvf tools - utilities to convert various sound formats

DESCRIPTION

       The  pvf  tools	are  a collection of tools to convert vgetty modem data to and from the 'raw modem data' format, and from that to and from
       various audio file formats (like .au or .wav).  In addition, there are some tools to manipulate pvf files, like speed up files or  cut  off
       trailing noise.

       A list of commands is below in the "see also" section.

       You can run those commands with the -h switch for available options. Please also look at the individual contributed man pages.

SEE ALSO

       autopvf(1),   basictopvf(1),  lintopvf(1),  pvf(1),  pvfamp(1),	pvfcut(1),  pvfecho(1),  pvfff(1),  pvffile(1),  pvffilter(1),	pvfmix(1),
       pvfnoise(1), pvfreverse(1), pvfsine(1), pvfspeed(1), pvftoau(1), pvftobasic(1), pvftolin(1), pvftormd(1),  pvftovoc(1),	pvftowav(1),  rmd-
       file(1), rmdtopvf(1), voctopvf(1), wavtopvf(1)

AUTHOR

       Original version from Klaus Weidner.  Copyright (C) 1997 by Marc Eberhard <Marc.Eberhard@Uni-Duesseldorf.DE>

								 14 February 1997							    pvf(1)