Re: how to convert text file with unknown 16 bit encoding to 8 bit as cii

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• Subject: Re: how to convert text file with unknown 16 bit encoding to 8 bit as cii
• From: Colin Paul Adams <colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:28:07 +0100
• In-reply-to: <7EF5BBDCF35CD944A9FDB06AB82AF39909BC907B@CITYEMAIL2> (Pete Lancashire's message of "Wed\, 13 Aug 2008 08\:16\:55 -0700")
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>>>>> "Pete" == Lancashire, Pete <plancashire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Pete> how do I convert a file (or output to stdont) with an
    Pete> unknown 16 encoding into plain ol' ASCII aka 8 BIT ?

ASCII is not 8 bit.

And you can't convert it to anything until you know the coding (or can
make a sensible guess).
-- 
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire

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