- 1 - Thu 30-January-1992 About TSFLTB in General All rights reserved ======================= TSFLTB first release (1.0) was distributed under the name of TS2FLT. This package may be used and distributed freely for NON-COMMERCIAL, NON-INSTITUTIONAL, PRIVATE purposes, provided it is not changed in any way. (Repacking with another method is ok, though.) For ANY other usage, such as use in a business enterprise or a university, contact the author for registration. Uploading to bulletin boards is encouraged. Please do not distribute any part of this package separately. The programs are under development. Comments and contacts are solicited. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to use electronic mail for communication. InterNet address: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi (preferred) Bitnet address: SALMI@FINFUN.BITNET Funet address: GADO::SALMI The author shall not be liable to the user for any direct, indirect or consequential loss arising from the use of, or inability to use, any program or file howsoever caused. No warranty is given that the programs will work under all circumstances. Timo Salmi Professor of Accounting and Business Finance School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa P.O. BOX 297, SF-65101 Vaasa, Finland Timo Salmi FiLTers set B, release 1.5 includes the following * * * ** * * * utility-type programs and files: TSFLTB15 Build your own filters, T.Salmi Filename Comment -------- -------------------------------- DEMOTXT.XLT How to build a translation table FILBIN.EXE General filter for binary files FILGEN.EXE Generalized filter for any file FILTXT.EXE General filter for text files LOWER.XLT To lowercase, also foreign chars NOEOF.XLT Enables reading text past eof PC2UNIX.XLT PC newlines to Unix newlines SIMUL8.XLT 8-bit to look-alike 7-bit chars STRIP.XLT Strip the high bit of 8bit chars TOASC.XLT Scandinavian IBM to ASCII TOIBM.XLT Scandinavian ASCII to IBM TSFLTB.INF Document TSFLTB.NWS News announcements about tsfltb TSPROG.INF List of programs from T.Salmi UNIX2PC.XLT Unix newlines to PC newlines UPPER.XLT To uppercase, also foreign chars VAASA.INF Info: Finland, Vaasa, U of Vaasa ---- ------ ------ ----- 0017 - 2 - DETAB (Expand tabs properly into blanks) that was in TSFLTB in the versions before tsfltb13.arc has been transferred to the TSFLTC package because it is not a customizable filter as the current filters of this package. FILBIN (Ver. 1.3) General user-configurable filter for binary files ================= Usage: FILBIN SourceFile DestinationFile [translation table] [/k(eep date)] [/m(ore)] [/p(ause)] [/s(how translation table)] FILBIN is a configurable string translation facility for binary files. The translations are given in a separate translation table file, which you can customize. See demotxt.xlt for the format of the translation table. If you omit the name of the translation table, it defaults to filbin.xlt E.g. translation 13 10 means converting the carriage return of the source binary-file into line feeds. The maximum number of different translations is 256. The /m /p and /s parameters in the brackets [] are optional. If you are working with a single disk drive, /p allows to change the disk by pausing after your have loaded FILBIN and the translation table. If you direct the output to the screen (that is to CON), the /m option causes pause at the end of each screen. Parameter /s shows you the translation table. If you select /s, the translation is not made, only the table is shown. Release notes: Version 1.2: 1) Translations such as 10 13 10 are now allowed. That is, a character can be converted into a string even if the source file is a binary file. 2) Deleting characters is also possible in the updated version. In other words you can have, for example, 26 -1 to delete the eof characters. 3) The translation table separators (blank, comma, nul) now also include tab. 4) Introduced two translation tables (.xlt files) for PC <--> Unix conversions. FILTXT (Ver. 1.4) General user-configurable filter for text files ================= Usage: FILTXT SourceFile DestinationFile [translation table] [/k(eep date)] [/m(ore)] [/n(o crt)] [/p(ause)] [/s(how translation table)] FILTXT is a configurable string translation facility for text files. The translations are given in a separate translation table file, which you can customize. See demotxt.xlt for the format of the translation table. If you omit the name of the translation table, it defaults to filtxt.xlt The maximum number of different translations is 512. The maximum number of characters in a translation string is 25. E.g. the translation 9 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 means converting the tabs of the source text-file into eight blanks. The /m /n /p and /s parameters in the brackets [] are optional. If you are working with a single disk drive, /p allows to change the disk by pausing after your have loaded FILTXT and the translation table. If you direct the output to the screen (that is to CON), the /m option causes pause at the end of each screen. Parameter /s shows you the translation table. If you select /s, the translation is not made, only the table is shown. For the /n switch see the description of DETAB is the TSFLTC package. Release notes: Version 1.2: The essential upgrade in tsfltb12 occurs in filbin.exe. The other program has been recompiled with smaller maximum heap size and some minor changes. Release 1.3: DETAB.EXE has been transferred to the TSFLTC package. FILGEN (Ver. 1.0) General user-configurable filter ================= Was added in the version TSFLTB14.ARC of this package. Usage: FILGEN [TranslationTableFile] [/s] < InputFileName > OutputFileName ³ ³ ³ ÀÄ show translations ÀÄ default FILGEN.XLT, see DEMOTXT.XLT for the format or TYPE InputFileName | FILGEN [TranslationTableFile] > OutputFileName FILGEN is a general, configurable string substitution facility for both text and binary files. E.g. the following translation in the translation table file 10 13 10 means converting the new line characters of a Unix file into line PC eolns The maximum number of translations in the translation table file is 1. If there are more, the rest are ignored. Each translation can have up to 127 characters, and line in translation table must not exceed 250 columns. Use pipes for multiple translations. Example: TYPE InputFileName | FILGEN Table1 | FILGEN Table2 > OutputFileName