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Cab Vinton <[log in to unmask]>
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MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:45:51 -0500
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Sure, just replace -utf8 with -marc8.

Didn't you check Terry's most excellent blog entry?? :-)

Cheers,

Cab Vinton


On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Dana Pearson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Very cool, Cab
>
> going the opposite way possible?  ie, utf-8 to MARC-8?
>
> regards,
> dana
>
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Cab Vinton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> I recently remembered that ME has a command line tool & realized this
>> could be used to create an incredibly simple process for converting
>> files.
>>
>> 1. Put the following the two lines in a text file:
>> cd C:\Program Files (x86)\MarcEdit 5.0\
>> cmarcedit.exe -s %1 -d "%~dpn1.mrc" -character -utf8
>>
>> 2. Save the file, then create a batch file by changing the extension
>> from *.txt to *.bat.
>>
>> 3. Drop any MARC-8 file on top of the batch file, or right-click on
>> the MARC file & open it with the batch file as a program.
>>
>> 4. Voila, presto-change-o!
>>
> --
> Dana Pearson
> dbpearsonmlis.com
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