sfconv.1

SFCONV

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
Further Information

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NAME

sfconv − A tool for converting the encoding of Standard Format (SF) files

SYNOPSIS

8-bit to Unicode:

sfconv −8u [−utf8|−be|−le] [−bom] −c ControlFile [−d MappingDirectory] **
−i** InFile −o OutFile

Unicode to 8-bit:

sfconv −u8 [−utf8|−be|−le] −c ControlFile [−d MappingDirectory] −i
InFile −o OutFile

DESCRIPTION

A tool for converting Standard Format (SF) files is included in the current TECkit package. This is sfconv , a command-line tool that uses an XML “control file” to specify the mappings associated with the various markers in an SF file. Note that the current SFconv tool should be considered a prototype rather than a full solution to the issue of SF conversions. A more complete tool with an improved user interface would be desirable.

OPTIONS

The SFconv utility uses command-line options to specify the conversion direction, control file, and input and output files. The required arguments are: **
−8u**|−u8

conversion direction: 8-bit to Unicode or vice versa

−ccontrolFile

specifies XML control file

−iinFile

specifies filename of input SF file

−ooutFile

specifies filename for converted output

In addition, the following optional arguments may be used if appropriate:

−dmappingDir

directory where mapping files ( .tec files) are to be found

−utf8|−be|−le

Unicode encoding form: UTF-8, UTF-16BE, or UTF16-LE (default is UTF8 for output, or detected from input file if BOM is present)

−nfc|−nfd

(only when mapping to Unicode) normalize to NFC or NFD

Further Information

For further information see the document TECkit_Tools.pdf. On a Debian system, this can be found in /usr/share/doc/teckit.

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