iconv(1) UNIX System V iconv(1)
NAME
iconv - code set conversion utility
SYNOPSIS
iconv -f fromcode -t tocode [file]
DESCRIPTION
iconv converts the characters or sequences of characters in file from one
code set 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 codeset.
The required arguments fromcode and tocode identify the input and output
code sets, respectively. If no file argument is specified on the command
line, iconv reads the standard input.
iconv will always convert to or from the ISO 8859-1 Latin alphabet No.1,
from or to an ISO 646 ASCII variant codeset for a particular language.
The ISO 8859-1 codeset will support the majority of 8 bit codesets. The
conversions attempted by iconv accommodate the most commonly used
languages.
The following table lists the supported conversions.
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Code Set Conversions Supported
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Code Symbol Target Code Symbol comment
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ISO 646 646 ISO 8859-1 8859 US Ascii
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ISO 646de 646de ISO 8859-1 8859 German
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ISO 646da 646da ISO 8859-1 8859 Danish
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ISO 646en 646en ISO 8859-1 8859 English Ascii
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ISO 646es 646es ISO 8859-1 8859 Spanish
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ISO 646fr 646fr ISO 8859-1 8859 French
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ISO 646it 646it ISO 8859-1 8859 Italian
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ISO 646sv 646sv ISO 8859-1 8859 Swedish
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ISO 8859-1 8859 ISO 646 646 7 bit Ascii
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ISO 8859-1 8859 ISO 646de 646de German
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ISO 8859-1 8859 ISO 646da 646da Danish
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ISO 8859-1 8859 ISO 646en 646en English Ascii
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iconv(1) UNIX System V iconv(1)
| ISO 8859-1| 8859 | ISO 646es | 646es | Spanish |
|___________|________|_____________|________|_______________|
| ISO 8859-1| 8859 | ISO 646fr | 646fr | French |
|___________|________|_____________|________|_______________|
| ISO 8859-1| 8859 | ISO 646it | 646it | Italian |
|___________|________|_____________|________|_______________|
| ISO 8859-1| 8859 | ISO 646sv | 646sv | Swedish |
|___________|________|_____________|________|_______________|
The conversions are performed according to the tables found on the
iconv(5) manual page.
EXAMPLES
The following converts the contents of file mail1 from code set 8859 to
646fr and stores the results in file mail.local.
iconv -f 8859 -t 646fr mail1 > mail.local
FILES
/usr/lib/iconv/iconvdata lists the conversions supported
/usr/lib/iconv/* conversion tables
SEE ALSO
iconv(5) in the System Administrator's Reference Manual.
DIAGNOSTICS
iconv returns 0 upon successful completion, 1 otherwise.
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