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# asc27bit - Convert German "Umlaute" to a 7-bit representation 
#
# Author:	Heiner Steven <heiner.steven@odn.de>
# Date:		1992-01-17
# Category:	File Conversion
# SCCS-Id.:	@(#) asc27bit	1.3 04/02/18
#
# see also: 7bit2asc
#
# Changes:
# 29.07.92 stv	first version based on "asctoiso"

if [ $# -eq 1 -a \( "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "-?" \) ]
then
    echo "$0 - convert German \"Umlaute\" to 7-bit representation"
    echo "usage: $0 [file ...]"
    echo
    echo "\"Umlaute\" are converted to a ASCII-7-bit equivalent"
    echo "(\"ae\" to \"open curly brace\", ...)"
    exit 1
fi

cat "$@" |
    tr '\204\224\201\216\231\232\341' '{|}\[\\\]~'