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Dd March 20, 2008
Dt ICONV 1
Os
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Sh NAME
Nm iconv
Nd codeset conversion utility
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Sh SYNOPSIS
Nm
Op Fl cs
Fl f
Ar from_name
Fl t
Ar to_name
Op Ar file ...
Nm
Fl f
Ar from_name
Op Fl cs
Op Fl t Ar to_name
Op Ar file ...
Nm
Fl t
Ar to_name
Op Fl cs
Op Fl f Ar from_name
Op Ar file ...
Nm
Fl l
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Sh DESCRIPTION
The
Nm
utility converts the codeset of
Ar file
(or from standard input if no file is specified) from codeset
Ar from_name
to codeset
Ar to_name
and outputs the
converted text on standard output.
Pp
The following options are available:
Bl -tag -width 0123
It Fl c
Prevent output of any invalid characters.
By default,
Nm
outputs an
Dq invalid character
specified by the
Ar to_name
codeset when it encounters a character which is valid in the
Ar from_name
codeset but does not have a corresponding character in the
Ar to_name
codeset.
It Fl f
Specifies the source codeset name as
Ar from_name .
It Fl l
Lists available codeset names.
Note that not all combinations of
Ar from_name
and
Ar to_name
are valid.
It Fl s
Silent.
By default,
Nm
outputs the number of
Dq invalid characters
to standard error if they exist.
This option prevents this behaviour.
It Fl t
Specifies the destination codeset name as
Ar to_name .
El
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Sh EXIT STATUS
Ex -std iconv
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Sh SEE ALSO
Xr iconv 3
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Sh STANDARDS
Nm
conforms to
St -p1003.1-2001 .
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Sh HISTORY
Nm
first appeared in
Nx 2.0 .