sinfilt(1)                                                       sinfilt(1)

NAME
     sinfilt - make files with language-dependent special characters read-
     able under Reliant UNIX

SYNOPSIS
     sinfilt -charset[ -o outfile][ file...]

DESCRIPTION
     sinfilt converts MS-DOS files containing language-dependent special
     characters (such as ä, ö, ü, ß) or data in the IBM character set so
     that they can be read and edited under Reliant UNIX [see ascii(5) and
     meta-ascii(5)]. By default sinfilt writes to standard output.

OPTIONS
     charset
          You can select one of the following character sets:

          -a   Danish

          -b   Belgian

          -d   German

          -e   Spanish

          -f   French

          -g   British

          -i   Italian

          -n   Norwegian

          -s   Swedish

          -z   Swiss

          -x   This option can be used to convert a file containing IBM
               characters to a file containing characters from the ISO
               8859-1 character set [see meta-ascii(5)].

     -o outfile
          Output from sinfilt is redirected to the output file outfile.

     file Name of the file to be converted.

          file not specified: sinfilt reads from standard input.

     To convert Reliant UNIX files to MS-DOS files you use the dosfilt(1)
     command.





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sinfilt(1)                                                       sinfilt(1)

     The commands sinfilt -x and dosfilt -x convert the specified files
     from the IBM character set to the ISO 8859-1 character set (sinfilt)
     and vice-versa (dosfilt). Since these two character sets do not con-
     tain exactly the same range of characters, the following restrictions
     should be noted:

     -  52 characters (including all ASCII characters and German umlauts)
        can be converted directly on a 1 : 1 basis.

     -  All semigraphic characters and a large number of math and Greek
        characters in the IBM character set (a total of 63 characters with
        hex codes above 7f) cannot be converted directly to identical char-
        acters from the ISO character set. They are replaced by similar
        characters.

     -  Some country-specific special characters in the ISO 8859-1 charac-
        ter set (44 characters in all) cannot be directly converted to
        identical characters in the IBM character set. They are also
        replaced by similar characters.

EXAMPLE
     Converting the MS-DOS file SCHEDULE in the IBM character set to the
     file schedule, which can be read under Reliant UNIX.

     $ sinfilt -x -o schedule SCHEDULE

SEE ALSO
     dosfilt(1), ascii(5), meta-ascii(5).


























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