Vista - How to tell SED to emit output in 8-bit ASCII only?

03-29-2009

I am sure there are better places/forums to ask the below question, but I didn't find any. If you know a better place please advise!

I have to mangle some "plain ASCII" text file (i.e. 8 bits/characters where the text DOES contain characters like Umlauts and accented characters from the upper 7-bits range, i.e. with hex codes in [128..254]).
For this I am trying to use SED which I downloaded as part of cygwin package. Alas, SED emits the result using Unicode-16 characters (i.e. 16 bits/characters), which the program for which the output is intended can't handle.
Can one tell SED to NOT emit Unicode-16 characters but force it to emit Unicode-8 only?

Michael

03-29-2009

"Michael Moser" <michael-nospam.moser@xxxxxx> wrote:

Quote:

>I am sure there are better places/forums to ask the below question,
>but I didn't find any. If you know a better place please advise!

It most certainly does NOT belong in a group for discussing Vista
issues.

Try...

comp.editors

03-29-2009

Mike Torello wrote:

Quote:

> "Michael Moser" <michael-nospam.moser@xxxxxx> wrote:
>

Quote:

>> I am sure there are better places/forums to ask the below question,
>> but I didn't find any. If you know a better place please advise!

>
> It most certainly does NOT belong in a group for discussing Vista
> issues.

I know, but since I expected to find here are all the file(-mangling) and sys-admin gurus I hoped, that one of them might know me a pointer...

Quote:

> Try...
>
> comp.editors

Do you by chance also have a news server handy that features that NG?

Michael

03-29-2009	#1 (permalink)
Michael Moser n/a posts	How to tell SED to emit output in 8-bit ASCII only? I am sure there are better places/forums to ask the below question, but I didn't find any. If you know a better place please advise! I have to mangle some "plain ASCII" text file (i.e. 8 bits/characters where the text DOES contain characters like Umlauts and accented characters from the upper 7-bits range, i.e. with hex codes in [128..254]). For this I am trying to use SED which I downloaded as part of cygwin package. Alas, SED emits the result using Unicode-16 characters (i.e. 16 bits/characters), which the program for which the output is intended can't handle. Can one tell SED to NOT emit Unicode-16 characters but force it to emit Unicode-8 only? Michael
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03-29-2009	#2 (permalink)
Mike Torello n/a posts	Re: How to tell SED to emit output in 8-bit ASCII only? "Michael Moser" <michael-nospam.moser@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >I am sure there are better places/forums to ask the below question, >but I didn't find any. If you know a better place please advise! It most certainly does NOT belong in a group for discussing Vista issues. Try... comp.editors
My System Specs

03-29-2009	#3 (permalink)
Michael Moser n/a posts	Re: How to tell SED to emit output in 8-bit ASCII only? Mike Torello wrote: Quote: > "Michael Moser" <michael-nospam.moser@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: >> I am sure there are better places/forums to ask the below question, >> but I didn't find any. If you know a better place please advise! > > It most certainly does NOT belong in a group for discussing Vista > issues. I know, but since I expected to find here are all the file(-mangling) and sys-admin gurus I hoped, that one of them might know me a pointer... Quote: > Try... > > comp.editors Do you by chance also have a news server handy that features that NG? Michael
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