The following script transform a utf-8 encoded file with french spécial character into a plain us.ascii text file without accent on a,e,i,o,u and c. ====== proc remove_accent { line } { set result $line if {[regsub -all "à" $result "a" match]} { set result $match } if {[regsub -all "é|è|ê|ë" $result "e" match]} { set result $match } if {[regsub -all "î|ï" $result "i" match]} { set result $match } if {[regsub -all "ô|ö" $result "o" match]} { set result $match } if {[regsub -all "ù|û|ü" $result "u" match]} { set result $match } if {[regsub -all "ç" $result "c" match]} { set result $match } return $result } set inputfile [lindex $argv 0] set fin [open $inputfile "r"] set fout [open $inputfile.ascii "w"] fconfigure $fin -encoding utf-8 fconfigure $fout -encoding ascii while {1} { set line [gets $fin] if [eof $fin] { break; } else { puts $fout [remove_accent $line] } } close $fin close $fout ====== <>Enter Category Here