ICONV(1) Linux Programmer's Manual ICONV(1)NAMEiconv - character set conversion
SYNOPSISiconv [-c] [-s] [-f encoding] [-t encoding] [inputfile ...]
iconv-l
DESCRIPTION
The iconv program converts text from one encoding to
another encoding. More precisely, it converts from the
encoding given for the -f option to the encoding given for
the -t option. Either of these encodings defaults to the
encoding of the current locale. All the inputfiles are
read and converted in turn; if no inputfile is given, the
standard input is used. The converted text is printed to
standard output.
When option -c is given, characters that cannot be con
verted are silently discarded, instead of leading to a
conversion error.
When option -s is given, error messages about invalid or
unconvertible characters are omitted, but the actual con
verted text is unaffected.
The encodings permitted are system dependent. For the
libiconv implementation, they are listed in the
iconv_open(3) manual page.
The iconv-l command lists the names of the supported
encodings, in a system dependent format. For the libiconv
implementation, the names are printed in upper case, sepa
rated by whitespace, and alias names of an encoding are
listed on the same line as the encoding itself.
SEE ALSOiconv_open(3), locale(7)GNU January 13, 2002 ICONV(1)
