EBCDIC to Latin -1 Conversion in PERL

[shanilr]

Hi,

I am using active perl 5.8.6 version. I have a requirement to convert an XML in EBCDIC format to Latin 1 format. I have no idea about how to go about it. Can anybody please help me in this.

For example I have the string in EBCDIC as

' TO: Hello ISO LATIN1 FROM: GSI Commerce ÿýûù÷õóñïëçåãáßÝÛ ÕÓÑÏÍËÉÇÅÃÁ¿½»¹·µ³±¯«©§¥£¡ þüúøöôòðîìêèæäâàÞÜÚØ ÖÔÒÐÎÌÊÆľ¼º¸¶ ´²°®¬ª¨¦¤¢|0'

and I need to convert this into Latin 1 char set.

Thanks in advance
Shanil.

[miller]

I have no experience working with EBCDIC, but doing a quick google search brings up a few possible paths for you to explore:

1) perldoc Encode::EDCDIC

Core library for the encoding and decoding of EDCDIC. This is a strong candidate as it's still supported as of 2006.

2) cpan Convert::EBCDIC

This is a possible route, but unlikely, as it was last editted in 1997.

3) perldoc perlebcdic

This is general documentation concerning ebcdic and perl. It is probably worth a read if nothing else works. And probably worth a read regardless.

Good Luck,
- Miller