codepages, the saga begins

[Systeemingenieurs Infoc]

The facts :
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- hpux 11.0
- codepage on unix : hp-roman8
- codepage on winNt : cp1252 (iso 8859-1 is +/- the same)
- eurosign-position in roman8 : 0xa4
- eurosign-position in cp1252 : 0x80


the question :
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how the hell can i convert the eurosign from hp-roman8 to cp1252 ?


the futile tries :
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# first thought
echo "\0244"|iconv -f roma8 -t iso81|xd -N 1
-> returns 0xca, not 0xa4

# aha, iso81 has an euro-successor : iso815
echo "\0244"|iconv -f roma8 -t iso815|xd -N 1
-> iconv: can not initialize the conversion
-> no direct conversion possible

# the workaround :
echo "\0244"|iconv -f roma8 -t ucs2|iconv -f ucs2 -t iso815|xd -N 1
-> returns 0xca, not 0xa4

# maybe iso81 is not the same as cp1252
# good thing : mq-series installs a cp1252 on the system !
echo "\0244"|iconv -f roma8 -t cp1252|xd -N 1
-> returns 0xca, not 0xa4


conclusion :
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the force is not with me

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

Hi

I may be on the wrong track but:- ux2dos ?


Paula

[Systeemingenieurs Infoc]

the dos codepage is cp850 ; so i assume that the conversion will be wrong. I'll check it out, though.

[Systeemingenieurs Infoc]

echo "\0244"|ux2dos|xd -N 1
-> returns 0xa4

BUT, i made a mistake, all the commands should return 0x80 (the input is 0xa4). My mistake.

[benoit Bruckert]

My be the tr command (tr '\octal' '\octal' ) just for the euro sign ?
hth
Benoit

[Systeemingenieurs Infoc]

you are correct benoit, it is a solution (one we used in the past). Problem is that you create a historical *pile.

i'm keeping it as a last aid.

thx