About Nochetopgn

What is nochetopgn

The basic function of nochetopgn is to convert PGN files to JSON. It also can count games IN a PGN file. It is usefull for developing chess tools working with PGN. If you are not a developer you most probably do not need it (nocheto doesn't need it to run).

Nochetopgn can also convert a PGN file to another PGN file, which can be used to test the validity of the original PGN file.

How to use nochetopgn

Nochetopgn reads input from a standard input. One of the ways how to process PGN file is to use cat program and "pipe it" to the nochetopgn.

Example: cat file.pgn | nochetopgn --json