{"id":2310,"date":"2019-09-12T17:25:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T17:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/kb\/?p=2310"},"modified":"2020-06-15T18:54:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T18:54:36","slug":"how-to-use-script-to-convert-hebrew-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/kb\/2019\/09\/12\/how-to-use-script-to-convert-hebrew-text\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use script to convert Hebrew text"},"content":{"rendered":"

This tutorial will cover how to run a bash script that will convert all .txt files in a directory from broken Hebrew text to readable Hebrew text.<\/p>\n

We assume that you’ve already extracted the text and images from the SWF file and saved it on your Desktop as demonstrated here.<\/p>\n

The Script<\/h2>\n
for file in ~\/Desktop\/texts\/*; \r\ndo name=$(echo \"$file\" | cut -f 1 -d '.'); \r\niconv --from-code UTF8 --to-code ISO-8859-1 \r\n\"$file\" | iconv --from-code ISO-8859-8 --to-code UTF8 >\r\n \"$name-converted.txt\"; done<\/pre>\n
I won’t go into the nitty-gritty of how everything in the command works, but basically, it iterates over every file inside the \/Desktop\/texts\u00a0<\/em>directory, converts it to readable UTF8 encoding, and then outputs the result to a new file with\u00a0-converted<\/strong> appended to the original filename.<\/p>\n
How do I run it?<\/h2>\n
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  1. Open\u00a0Terminal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  2. If you’ve saved your exported\u00a0texts\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0images<\/em> directories somewhere\u00a0other than ~\/Desktop<\/strong>, feel free to change the beginning part of the script to wherever your saved directories are.\n
      \n
    1. \n
      for file in ~\/your-directory-path-here\/<\/span>*; <\/strong><\/em>do name=$ ...<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    2. Paste the script in Terminal and press\u00a0Enter<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    3. That’s it! Now, check inside your directory and you should see new .txt files created with\u00a0-converted<\/strong> appended to the end of the file name. Open them and make sure they contain the correct Hebrew text.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      For the Hebrew Flash Remediation project<\/h2>\n
      We’re going to be saving our results in two directories:<\/p>\n
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      1. Box<\/li>\n
      2. STA Server (smb:\/\/file.laits.utexas.edu\/sta\/_LAITS_projects\/hebrew\/flash-remediation<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        Whenever you’re finished with an individual course module, please do the following:<\/p>\n
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        1. Create new folder in Box with the name of the module you just did (name of the .SWF file on the spreadsheet)<\/li>\n
        2. Add the converted .txt file and the\u00a0images<\/em> folder if applicable into that folder.<\/li>\n
        3. Do the same but on the STA server.<\/li>\n
        4. Mark on the spreadsheet that you’ve saved the results in both Box and the STA server.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          We want to save on both and keep them in sync incase Box goes down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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