cvtenc - file encoding converter
cvtenc [-Encoding encoding] [-EscapeIn
yes|NO] [-EscapeOut yes|NO]
filename
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.
- -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.
Written in 2002. Minr update in 2010.
This manual page first appeared in gnustep-base 1.9.2 (March
2004).
cvtenc was written by Richard Frith-Macdonald
<rfm@gnu.org>