2008/8/14 Lancashire, Pete <plancashire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > how do I convert a file (or output to stdont) with an unknown 16 encoding > into plain > ol' ASCII aka 8 BIT ? > > Example of files contents > > 0 255 254 > 2 60 0 > 4 72 0 > 6 84 0 > 8 77 0 > 10 76 0 > 12 62 0 > > or .. > > 0000000 377 376 < \0 H \0 T \0 M \0 L \0 > \0 \n \0 > 0000020 \0 \0 < \0 B \0 O \0 D \0 Y \0 > \0 > 0000040 \n > > thanks, > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > You can use recode ( man recode for more info ... if not available, do a yum install recode ) to convert a file from one character set to another. It appears that the file is either in UCS-2 or UTF-16, so that will be a start -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
