EBCDIC to ASCII Converter

This Python project provides a simple solution to convert EBCDIC-encoded files to ASCII format. It enables seamless interoperability between legacy systems using EBCDIC and modern applications expecting ASCII-encoded data.

Features

• Converts EBCDIC files to ASCII format
• Supports various EBCDIC character encodings
• Efficient and easy-to-use solution

Usage

1. Install Python (version 3.1 or above) from python.org
2. Clone this repository: git clone https://github.com/jmonaste/ebcdic-to-ascii-converter.git
3. Run the converter script: python converter.py [ebcdic_file] [ascii_file]
4. Specify the EBCDIC file path and the desired output ASCII file path as command-line arguments
5. The converted ASCII file will be generated with the provided file path

Dependencies

The project relies on the codecs library, which is a standard Python library and should be available in most Python installations.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.