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From: Tristan <9p-st@imu.li>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Date: Fri,  3 May 2013 09:15:27 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Octets regexp
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> > if we're talking about xd, i'll suggest 'tcs -f 8859-1' again in whic=
h case:

> My question was _not_ related to text, and _not_ related to "french" i.=
e.
> 8859-1. I know how to deal with this.

tcs -f 8859-1

will take your _binary_ files, and replace the bytes 0x80-0xff with the
unicode points U0080-U00ff, so you can use the standard regexps and tools
on them. and just convert back afterwards.

maybe it's not meant to be used that way, but it _works_. try it.

have fun!
tristan

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