iconv

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

If no from-encoding is given, the default is derived from the current locale's character encoding. If no to-encoding is given, the default is derived from the current locale's character encoding.  

OPTIONS

-f from-encoding, --from-code=from-encoding

Use from-encoding for input characters.

-t to-encoding, --to-code=to-encoding

Use to-encoding for output characters.

If the string //IGNORE is appended to to-encoding, characters that cannot be converted are discarded and an error is printed after conversion.

If the string //TRANSLIT is appended to to-encoding, characters being converted are transliterated when needed and possible. This means that when a character cannot be represented in the target character set, it can be approximated through one or several similar looking characters. Characters that are outside of the target character set and cannot be transliterated are replaced with a question mark (?) in the output.

-l, --list

List all known character set encodings.

-c

Silently discard characters that cannot be converted instead of terminating when encountering such characters.

-o outputfile, --output=outputfile

Use outputfile for output.

-s, --silent

This option is ignored; it is provided only for compatibility.

--verbose

Print progress information on standard error when processing multiple files.

-?, --help

Print a usage summary and exit.

--usage

Print a short usage summary and exit.

-V, --version

Print the version number, license, and disclaimer of warranty for iconv.

EXIT STATUS

CONFORMING TO

EXAMPLE

$ iconv -f ISO-8859-15 -t UTF-8 < input.txt > output.txt

The next example converts from UTF-8 to ASCII, transliterating when possible:

$ echo abc ß α € àḃç | iconv -f UTF-8 -t ASCII//TRANSLIT
abc ss ? EUR abc

SEE ALSO