iconv(1)                 USER COMMANDS                   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 argu-
     ment is specified on the command line, iconv reads the stan-
     dard 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 sup-
     port  the  majority  of  8  bit  codesets.  The  conversions
     attempted  by  iconv  accommodate  the  most  commonly  used
     languages.

     The following table lists the supported conversions.  center
     allbox  tab(;);  c  s  s  s s c c c c c l l l l l.  Code Set
     Conversions Supported Code;Symbol;Target Code;Symbol;comment
     ISO  646;646;ISO  8859-1;8859;US  Ascii  ISO 646de;646de;ISO
     8859-1;8859;German  ISO  646da;646da;ISO  8859-1;8859;Danish
     ISO    646en;646en;ISO    8859-1;8859;English    Ascii   ISO
     646es;646es;ISO  8859-1;8859;Spanish   ISO   646fr;646fr;ISO
     8859-1;8859;French  ISO  646it;646it;ISO 8859-1;8859;Italian
     ISO 646sv;646sv;ISO 8859-1;8859;Swedish ISO  8859-1;8859;ISO
     646;646;7  bit  Ascii ISO 8859-1;8859;ISO 646de;646de;German
     ISO 8859-1;8859;ISO 646da;646da;Danish  ISO  8859-1;8859;ISO
     646en;646en;English      Ascii      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





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iconv(1)                 USER COMMANDS                   iconv(1)



FILES
     /usr/lib/iconv/iconvdata          lists the conversions supported.
     /usr/lib/iconv/*.t            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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