Some time ago, Chris John Riley reminded me of a program I had written, published … and forgotten: translate.py. Apparently, it is used in SANS classes.
Looking at this program from 2007, I though: my Python coding style has changed since then, I need to rewrite this.
So here is the new version. It’s backward compatible with the old version (same arguments), but it offers more flexibility, like input/output redirection, allowing it to be used in pipes.
And from now on, I’m going to try to add a man page to all new Python program releases. It’s embedded in the source code, and you view it like this: translate.py –man