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NAME

6       idn - Internationalized Domain Names command line tool
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SYNOPSIS

9       idn [OPTION]... [STRINGS]...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) convert STRINGS, or standard input.
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14       Command line interface to the internationalized domain name library.
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16       All strings are expected to be encoded in the preferred charset used by
17       your locale.  Use `--debug' to find out what this charset is.  You  can
18       override the charset used by setting environment variable CHARSET.
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20       To  process a string that starts with `-', for example `-foo', use `--'
21       to signal the end of parameters, as in `idn --quiet -a -- -foo'.
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23       Mandatory arguments to long options are  mandatory  for  short  options
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26       -h, --help
27              Print help and exit
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29       -V, --version
30              Print version and exit
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32       -s, --stringprep
33              Prepare string according to nameprep profile
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35       -d, --punycode-decode
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38       -e, --punycode-encode
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41       -a, --idna-to-ascii
42              Convert to ACE according to IDNA (default mode)
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44       -u, --idna-to-unicode
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47       --allow-unassigned
48              Toggle IDNA AllowUnassigned flag (default off)
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50       --usestd3asciirules
51              Toggle IDNA UseSTD3ASCIIRules flag (default off)
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53       --no-tld
54              Don't   check   string   for   TLD   specific   rules  Only  for
55              --idna-to-ascii and --idna-to-unicode
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57       -n, --nfkc
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60       -p, --profile=STRING
61              Use specified stringprep profile instead Valid  stringprep  pro‐
62              files: `Nameprep', `iSCSI', `Nodeprep', `Resourceprep', `trace',
63              `SASLprep'
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65       --debug
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68       --quiet
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AUTHOR

72       Written by Simon Josefsson.
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REPORTING BUGS

75       Report bugs to: bug-libidn@gnu.org
76       GNU Libidn home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/>
77       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
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80       Copyright © 2010 Simon Josefsson.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or
81       later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
82       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
83       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

86       The full documentation for idn is maintained as a Texinfo  manual.   If
87       the info and idn programs are properly installed at your site, the com‐
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90              info idn
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92       should give you access to the complete manual.
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96idn 1.18                         February 2010                          IDN(1)
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