ok 7 BIT :-), in my frustration should have said single byte ... well I did it with a perl hack i.e. skip the first 2 bytes and send to stdout every other byte... > -----Original Message----- > From: Colin Paul Adams [mailto:colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 8:28 AM > To: For users of Fedora > Subject: Re: how to convert text file with unknown 16 bit > encoding to 8 bit as cii > > >>>>> "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 > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
