iconv(1)							      iconv(1)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     iconv - code set conversion utility

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     iconv [-ei] -f fromcode -t	tocode [file]
     iconv [-ei] -l

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     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 code set.

     With the arguments	fromcode and tocode identifying	the input and output
     code sets,	respectively iconv will	data perform conversion.  If no	file
     argument is specified on the command line,	iconv reads the	standard
     input. -e will echo conversion errors to standard error while -i will not
     report errors. -i is the default.

     Optional iconv converters are available by	installing IRIX	national
     language support options. iconv -l	will list converters that are
     configured	for that system. iconv -el will	only list those	converters
     that are able to be opened. These may be different	due to resource	or
     incomplete	installation problems.

     Unless otherwise specified, conversions between dis-similar code-sets are
     performed by using	UNICODE	as the intermediate code set.

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The following converts the	contents of file "file.txt" from code set
     ISO-8859-1	to UTF-8 and stores the	results	in file	file.iv.

     iconv -f ISO8859-1	-t UTF-8 < file.txt > file.iv

     Or	if you have the	Japanese environment installed you may perform the
     following which converts file "file.sjis" from the	PC-DOS Japanese	code
     set to the	eucJP or Extended Unix Code for	Japanese and stores the
     results in	"file.eucJP".

     iconv -f sjis -t eucJP < file.sjis	> file.eucJP

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     iconv(3c)

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     /usr/lib/iconv/spec
	  lists	the conversions	supported
     /usr/lib/iconv/tables
	  conversion tables
     /usr/lib/locale/locale<b>/LC_MESSAGES/uxmesg
	  language-specific message file [See LANG on environ(5).]




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iconv(1)							      iconv(1)

DIAGNOSTICS    [Toc]    [Back]

     iconv returns 0 upon successful completion, 1 otherwise.


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