https://github.com/tripleee/8bit
Generate a mapping from legacy 8-bit encodings to Unicode
https://github.com/tripleee/8bit
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Generate a mapping from legacy 8-bit encodings to Unicode
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/tripleee/8bit
- Owner: tripleee
- License: mit
- Created: 2014-11-24T10:21:08.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-09-04T04:03:41.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-06-10T21:25:56.378Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: encodings, python, unicode
- Language: HTML
- Homepage:
- Size: 287 KB
- Stars: 7
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 1
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
8bit
====
Generate a mapping from legacy 8-bit encodings to Unicode.
HTML output: https://tripleee.github.io/8bit/
(QWERTesy of https://github.io/)
See the HTML page for an explanation of the output format
and additional usage instructions.
Command-line use
----------------
You can pass in a "mystery string" and have it decoded in various ways.
```
bash$ 8bit 
'W\x8b\xab': ['cp037', 'cp273', 'cp500', 'cp1026', 'cp1140']
'\x8b\xaf\xa8': ['cp437', 'cp850', 'cp857', 'cp858']
'\xef\xbb\xbf': ['cp1252', 'cp1254', 'cp1258', 'iso8859_9', 'iso8859_15', 'latin_1', 'palmos']
'\xdd\xfd\xb9': ['hp_roman8']
'\x95\xdf\xc0': ['mac_croatian']
'\x95\xc8\xc0': ['mac_iceland', 'mac_roman', 'mac_romanian', 'mac_turkish']
'\ufeff': ['utf-8']
```
There is also a `--table` option which lets you generate the web page
or a textual rendering of the same information.
License
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MIT License