go-ebcdic

Go-Package & tool for transcoding EBCDIC ↔ Unicode / UTF8

Features:

• Supports multiple code pages (including Euro-Patches)
• Optimized performance

Usage as binary

Setup

Download the binaries and you are ready to go

ebcdictoutf8

Usage of ebcdictoutf8:
  -c string
        EBCDIC-Codepage to use (supported: 037 / 273 / 500 / 1140 / 1141 / 1148) (default "037")
  -i string
        Input ebcdic file (use '-' for stdin) (default "-")
  -o string
        Output utf8 file (use '-' for stdout) (default "-")
  -version
        Print version and quit with exit code 0

utf8toebcdic

Usage of utf8toebcdic:
  -c string
        EBCDIC-Codepage to use (supported: 037 / 273 / 500 / 1140 / 1141 / 1148) (default "037")
  -i string
        Input utf8 file (use '-' for stdin) (default "-")
  -o string
        Output ebcdic file (use '-' for stdout) (default "-")
  -version
        Print version and quit with exit code 0

Usage as golang-package

Install:

go get github.com/indece-official/go-ebcdic

Use it in your code:

import (
    "github.com/indece-official/go-ebcdic"
)

...

func myEncode() {
    in := "This string special chars like § and Ö"

    encoded, err := ebcdic.Encode(in, ebcdic.EBCDIC037)
    if err != nil {
        return
    }
}

func myDecode() {
    in := []byte{0xE3, 0x88, 0x89, 0xA2, 0x40, 0xA2}

    decoded, err := ebcdic.Decode(in, ebcdic.EBCDIC037)
    if err != nil {
        return
    }
}

Supported code pages

Don't known which code page you have to use? The one most commonly used ist EBCDIC037 ;-)

Code Page	Countries	Source	Comment
EBCDIC037	AUS, CAN, NZL, PRT, ZAF, USA	See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBCDIC_037
EBCDIC273	DEU, AUT	See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBCDIC_273
EBCDIC500	International	See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_37#500
EBCDIC1140	AUS, CAN, NZL, PRT, ZAF, USA	See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBCDIC_1140	EBCDIC037 with Euro-Patch
EBCDIC1141	DEU, AUT	See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBCDIC_1141	EBCDIC273 with Euro-Patch
EBCDIC1148	International	See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_37#500	EBCDIC500 with Euro-Patch

Development

Snapshot build

$> make --always-make

Release build

$> BUILD_VERSION=1.0.0 make --always-make