Re: CCL:conversion between different document formats

[wes %-% at %-% orgf5.bmc.uu.se (Wesley Schaal)]

 Jose Luis Garcia de Paz writes:
  > Dear CCL'er,
  > I have been working with an IBM VM/CMS system. I have many chemistry
  > documents wirtten using IBM SCRIPT/VS. Now, our IBM VM/CMS computer
  > will be substituted by an UNIX computer. Also the former uses ebcdic
  > and the unix uses ascii.
  >  Please, do you know where can i get a freeware (or very cheap) program
  > that may convert an IBM script file in (i.e.): a) html file; b) LaTEX
 file;
  > c) Wordperfect file . Really, I need do not loose my script files.
  > Any conversor will be welcome.
  >
  >  For me, is the same a pc program or an unix program. Thank you. Regards,
  >                Jose
  >
 The standard unix utility "dd" will convert the plain text (html,
 LaTEX)
 for you. Look at the man page for details but you'll need to do something
 like this:
 	dd if=inputfile of=outputfile conv=ascii
 to convert from ebcdic to ascii.
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 Wesley Schaal, wes %-% at %-% orgf5.bmc.uu.se
 Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry
 BMC, Uppsala University, Sweden