Converting Data Files

Data files are typically stored as lines of PETSCII text ending in a Carriage Return. The contents of a file can be converted to Unicode with native line endings using the text command:

(cbm) text 0:WORDS
 224
AB
AC
ACK
ACT
ADE
AH
AIM
AIN

To convert a text file from Unicode to a data files use the untext command:

(cbm) untext words.txt 0:WORDS
Writing words.txt to ImagePath(0:b'WORDS')

With disk images the destination can be a relative file:

(cbm) untext --type REL --record-length 36 words.txt 0:DBASE
Writing words.txt to ImagePath(0:b'DBASE')

In this case the record length must be supplied and should be at least as long as the longest line in the source file.