Question 1: A Perl solution
#!/usr/bin/perl while (<>) { s/A/\x5C/g; s/B/\x5F/g; s/C/\x7C/g; s/D/\x7C/g; s/E/\x5F/g; s/F/\x20/g; s/G/\x7C/g; s/H/\x5C/g; s/I/\x5F/g; s/J/\x2F/g; s/K/\x20/g; s/L/\x2F/g; s/M/\x7C/g; s/N/\x5F/g; s/O/\x20/g; s/P/\x7C/g; s/Q/\x20/g; s/R/\x20/g; s/S/\x5F/g; s/T/\x2F/g; s/U/\x20/g; s/W/\x5C/g; s/X/\x20/g; s/Y/\x7C/g; s/Z/\x20/g; print; }