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ICONV

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: March 2001
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NAME

iconv - convert encoding of given files from one encoding to another

SYNOPSIS

iconv -f encoding -t encoding inputfile

DESCRIPTION

The iconv program converts the encoding of characters in inputfile from one coded character set to another. The result is written to standard output unless otherwise specified by the --output option.

--from-code, -f encoding

Convert characters from encoding

--to-code, -t encoding

Convert characters to encoding

--list

List known coded character sets

--output, -o file

Specify output file (instead of stdout)

--verbose

Print progress information.

AUTHOR

iconv is written by Ulrich Drepper as part of the GNU C Library.

This man page is written by Joel Klecker <espy@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.

Created from the Linux Online Manual Pages
October 5, 2005 by The Linux Information Project