A tool for converting Standard Format (SF) files is included in the current TECkit package.
This is sfconv , a command-line tool that uses an XML “control file” to specify the
mappings associated with the various markers in an SF file. Note that the current SFconv tool
should be considered a prototype rather than a full solution to the issue of SF conversions. A
more complete tool with an improved user interface would be desirable.
OPTIONS
The SFconv utility uses command-line options to specify the conversion direction,
control file, and input and output files. The required arguments are:
-8u|-u8
conversion direction: 8-bit to Unicode or vice versa
-ccontrolFile
specifies XML control file
-iinFile
specifies filename of input SF file
-ooutFile
specifies filename for converted output
In addition, the following optional arguments may be used if appropriate:
-dmappingDir
directory where mapping files ( .tec files) are to be found
-utf8|-be|-le
Unicode encoding form: UTF-8, UTF-16BE, or UTF16-LE (default is UTF8 for output, or detected from input file if BOM is present)
-bom
(only when mapping to Unicode) write initial BOM to the output file
-nfc|-nfd
(only when mapping to Unicode) normalize to NFC or NFD
Further Information
For further information see the document TECkit_Tools.pdf.
On a Debian system, this can be found in /usr/share/doc/teckit.