NAME

chtext - ASCII file converter.

Syntax is : chtext [{-l|-u|-s|-w}[-c]] [InputFile] [OutputFile]

DESCRIPTION

chtext is an ASCII file converter. It changes its content to lowercase/uppercase word/sentences regarding of the option used.

Options

 Options are :

   -h     shows this help
   -l     lowercase (default)
   -u     Uppercase
   -s     Sentence capitalize
   -w     Word capitalize

   -c     Clean/Remove non-printable 8bits

Only -c may be used in conjunction with any options, others supersede in preceding options specified on command line.

 Defaults are:

        options         -l
        InputFile       stdin
        Output          stdout

Words&Sentences

A sentence is defined as any group of characters/spaces after any one of ``?!.'' or the beginning of the file. Words are defined as a group of characters separated by space(s).

Non-printable8Bits

Defined as any character which does not correspond to a printable character i.e. some control characters and characters such as DEL, X80, XFF etc ...

Note also that chtext automatically strips the NULL character and does not modify VT, FF and CR (explicit). LF is replaced by an implicit carriage return.

Version&Author

This help describes V1.6*. written by J.Lauret jlauret@mail.chem.sunysb.edu