script to convert arabic to bw, and vice versa

scripts/other/buckwalter.perl

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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Encode::Arabic::Buckwalter;
+use Getopt::Long "GetOptions";
+
+my $direction;
+GetOptions('direction=i' => \$direction)
+    or exit(1);
+# direction: 1=arabic->bw, 2=bw->arabic
+
+die("ERROR: need to set direction") unless defined($direction);
+
+
+
+while (my $line = <STDIN>) {
+    chomp($line);
+
+    my $lineOut;
+    if ($direction == 1) {
+      $lineOut =  encode 'buckwalter', decode 'utf8', $line;
+    }
+    elsif ($direction == 2) {
+      $lineOut =  encode 'utf8', decode 'buckwalter', $line;
+    }
+    else {
+	die("Unknown direction: $direction");
+    }
+    print "$lineOut\n";
+
+}
+