1MANCONV(1)                    Manual pager utils                    MANCONV(1)
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NAME

6       manconv - convert manual page from one encoding to another
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SYNOPSIS

9       manconv -f from-code[:from-code...]  -t to-code [-dqhV] [filename]
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DESCRIPTION

12       manconv  converts  a  manual  page  from  one encoding to another, like
13       iconv.  Unlike iconv, it can try multiple possible input  encodings  in
14       sequence.   This  is  useful  for manual pages installed in directories
15       without an explicit encoding declaration, since they may be in UTF-8 or
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18       If  an  encoding  declaration  is found on the first line of the manual
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20       conv's command line.  Encoding declarations have the following form:
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22              '\" -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
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24       or (if manual page preprocessors are also to be declared):
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OPTIONS

29       -f encodings, --from-code encodings
30              Try  each  of  encodings (a colon-separated list) in sequence as
31              the input encoding.
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36       -q, --quiet
37              Do not issue error messages when the page cannot be converted.
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39       -d, --debug
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45       -V, --version
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SEE ALSO

49       man(1), iconv(1).
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AUTHOR

52       Colin Watson (cjwatson@debian.org).
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562.5.7                             2010-02-16                        MANCONV(1)