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iconv - charset conversion utility
SYNOPSIS
iconv -f from_charset -t to_charset [ -s inputstring | file... ]
DESCRIPTION
The iconv utility converts the characters or sequences of characters in
file(s) (or inputstring if specified with the -s option) from one
charset to another and writes the results to standard output. Should no
conversion exist for a particular character then it is converted to the
underscore '_' in the target charset.
The list of supported conversions and the locations of the associated
conversion tables are provided in the iconv(3) manual page.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-f from_charset
Identifies the input charset.
-t to_charset Identifies the output charset.
-s inputstring Identifies the character sequence, which is to be con‐
verted instead of input files.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
file(s) A list of the input files to be translated. '-' means
the standard input. If file is omitted, the standard
input is used.
EXAMPLES
The following example converts the contents of file mail1 from charset
iso-8859-5 to utf-8 and stores the results in file mail.local.
example% iconv -f iso-8859-5 -t utf-8 mail1 > mail.local
ENVIRONMENT
See iconv(3) for the description of the ICONV_PATH environment variable
that affects the behaviour of iconv.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
1 An error has occurred.
SEE ALSOiconv(3)
10 Sep 2000 iconv(1)