1ICONV(1)                    General Commands Manual                   ICONV(1)
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6       iconv - Convert encoding of given files from one encoding to another
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9       iconv --ff encoding --tt encoding inputfile
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12       The iiccoonnvv program converts the encoding of characters in inputfile from
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18       Convert characters from encoding
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37       Following examples convert from code set ISO88592 "input.txt" to UTF8
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46       iconv is written by Ulrich Drepper as part of the GNU C Library.
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48       This man page is written by Joel Klecker <espy@debian.org>, for the
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593rd Berkeley Distribution         March 2001                          ICONV(1)