TRANSLATE(C)                               UNIX System V



     Name
          translate - translates files from one format to another


     Syntax
          translate option [ infile ] [ outfile ]


     Description
          translate  translates  files  according   to   the   options
          specified.  Translation  is  done  according  to the options
          defined below.

          format  is  assumed  to  be  a   file   in   the   directory
          /usr/lib/mapchan/translate   if   a  full  pathname  is  not
          provided.

          translate uses standard input  and  standard  output  unless
          otherwise specified via the optional filename arguments.


     Options
              -ea        From EBCDIC to ASCII.

              -ae        From ASCII to EBCDIC.

              -fe format From a user defined format to EBCDIC format.

              -fa format From a user defined format to ASCII format.

              -ef format From EBCDIC format to a user defined format.

              -af format From ASCII format to a user defined format.

              -bm        From binary/object code to mailable ASCII
                           uuencode format.

              -mb        From mailable ASCII uuencode format to
                           original binary.



     Files
          /usr/lib/mapchan/translate/*


     See Also
          uuencode(C), dd(C), mapchan(M), sysadmsh(ADM)


     Notes
          The -bm and -mb options are, for example, used to  translate
          executable  object  code format to ASCII for transfer across
          communications networks.

          The syntax for the user defined format file is the  same  as
          the syntax for the mapping files for mapchan(M) and trchan.

          Use dd to convert character  and  file  formats  (especially
          tapes) to the format specified.  Example:

               dd if=/dev/rmt0 of=outfile ibs=800 cbs=80 conv=ascii,lcase

          This  command  reads  an  EBCDIC  tape,  blocked ten 80-byte
          EBCDIC card images per record, into the ASCII file  outfile.
          For  more  information on conversion options, refer to dd(C)
          in the User's Reference.


     (printed 8/24/89)                          TRANSLATE(C)