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cvtenc(1)


NAME

   cvtenc - file encoding converter

SYNOPSIS

   cvtenc [-Encoding encoding] [-EscapeIn yes|NO] [-EscapeOut yes|NO]
    filename

DESCRIPTION

   Converts  a file encoded in a specified or default non-unicode encoding
   to unicode (UTF16), or, if the file is already in unicode, converts  it
   to  a specified or default non-unicode encoding.  The converted text is
   printed to standard out.  If the filename is a hyphen  then  this  tool
   reads from standard input.

OPTIONS

   -Encoding  encoding
       Specify   non-unicode  encoding  to  be  used.   The  direction  of
       conversion depends on whether the file given as input is recognized
       as  unicode  (from  the  higher  order  bytes).   To  get a list of
       available encodings, enter "list" for the encoding.  If this is not
       specified, the default encoding for the current locale is used.

   -EscapeIn YES|NO
       Specify  '-EscapeIn  YES'  (the default is 'NO') to parse the input
       for \u escape sequences (as in property lists).

   -EscapeOut YES|NO
       Specify '-EscapeOut YES' (the  default  is  'NO')  to  generate  \u
       escape  sequences (as in property lists) in the output.  Note, this
       might produce unexpected results for some encodings.

   -Unicode IN|OUT
       Specify '-Unicode IN' (or '-Unicode OUT') to control the  direction
       of  conversion rather than having the tool guess it on the basis of
       the content it reads.  Using '-Unicode  IN'  means  that  the  tool
       reads  UTF16  data  and writes C-String data, while using '-Unicode
       OUT' merans that the tool reads  C-String  data  and  writes  UTF16
       data.

HISTORY

   Written in 2002.  Minr update in 2010.

   This manual page first appeared in gnustep-base 1.9.2 (March 2004).

AUTHORS

   cvtenc was written by Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>



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