On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:50:24 +0200, Hunkeler Peter (KIUK 3) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>(It's best not to overwrite the original input file because you >>might need to try once more.) > >In case of iconv, I seem to remeber that it even doesn't support >using the same file as input and as output. > >-- >Peter Hunkeler >Credit Suisse iconv does not write its output to a file. It writes its output to "stdout". And doing something like: iconv -f IBM-1047 -t ISO8859-1 data >data is a poor way to make the file "data" into a zero length file. Which is what the above will do. -- John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
