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iconv - Converts encoded characters to another codeset
iconv -f from_code -t to_code [file...]
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:
iconv: XPG4
Refer to the
standards(5)
reference page for more information
about industry standards and associated tags.
Specifies the input codeset.
Specifies the output codeset.
Specifies one or more files that contain the data to be converted.
The iconv command converts the encoding of characters in file from one coded character set to another and writes the results to standard output.
The input and output coded character sets are identified by from_code and to_code. If the file operand is not specified on the command line, the iconv command reads the standard input. The result of specifying invalid characters in the input stream is that the input value is translated to the substitute character.
[Compaq] Current industry standards do not specify the name format, implementation, and location of the codeset converters used by this command. On Tru64 UNIX systems, the command searches directories of algorithmic and table converters to find one that performs the requested conversion. The names of codeset converters adhere to the following format: fromcode_tocode
You can view the diagnostic messages that may be returned by the iconv command by entering the following commands: cd /usr/lib/nls/msg/en_US.ISO8859-1 dspcat iconv.cat
The following examples use the iconv command: To convert the contents of the eucJP_data file from the eucJP to the SJIS codeset and save the results in the sjis_data file, enter: iconv -f eucJP -t SJIS eucJP_data > sjis_data To convert the contents of the eucJP_data file from the eucJP codeset to the UCS-4 codeset and save the results in the UCS_4_data file, enter: iconv -f eucJP -t UCS-4 eucJP_data > UCS_4_data
The following environment variables (see
i18n_intro(5)
and
l10n_intro(5))
affect the execution of the
iconv
command:
Specifies a default value for the locale category variables
that are not set.
If set to a nonempty string value, overrides the values of
all other locale variables, including
LANG.
Determines the locale for interpreting byte sequences as characters
in, for example, command parameters.
Specifies the locale used to find translations, if any, for
the command's message catalogs.
[Compaq] Specifies the search path used to find locales and
the subdirectories that contain codeset converters. The default is
/usr/lib/nls/loc.
Determines the location of message catalogs for the processing
of
LC_MESSAGES.
[Compaq] Algorithmic converters.
[Compaq] Table converters.
Commands: genxlt(1)
Functions: iconv(3), iconv_close(3), iconv_open(3)
Others: i18n_intro(5), iconv_intro(5), l10n_intro(5), standards(5)
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