piconv(1)

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NAME

6       piconv -- iconv(1), reinvented in perl
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SYNOPSIS

9         piconv [-f from_encoding] [-t to_encoding] [-s string] [files...]
10         piconv -l
11         piconv [-C N|-c|-p]
12         piconv -S scheme ...
13         piconv -r encoding
14         piconv -D ...
15         piconv -h
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DESCRIPTION

18       piconv is perl version of iconv, a character encoding converter widely
19       available for various Unixen today.  This script was primarily a
20       technology demonstrator for Perl 5.8.0, but you can use piconv in the
21       place of iconv for virtually any case.
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23       piconv converts the character encoding of either STDIN or files
24       specified in the argument and prints out to STDOUT.
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26       Here is the list of options.  Each option can be in short format (-f)
27       or long (--from).
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29       -f,--from from_encoding
30           Specifies the encoding you are converting from.  Unlike iconv, this
31           option can be omitted.  In such cases, the current locale is used.
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33       -t,--to to_encoding
34           Specifies the encoding you are converting to.  Unlike iconv, this
35           option can be omitted.  In such cases, the current locale is used.
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37           Therefore, when both -f and -t are omitted, piconv just acts like
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40       -s,--string string
41           uses string instead of file for the source of text.
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43       -l,--list
44           Lists all available encodings, one per line, in case-insensitive
45           order.  Note that only the canonical names are listed; many aliases
46           exist.  For example, the names are case-insensitive, and many
47           standard and common aliases work, such as "latin1" for
48           "ISO-8859-1", or "ibm850" instead of "cp850", or "winlatin1" for
49           "cp1252".  See Encode::Supported for a full discussion.
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51       -C,--check N
52           Check the validity of the stream if N = 1.  When N = -1, something
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55       -c  Same as "-C 1".
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57       -p,--perlqq
58       --htmlcref
59       --xmlcref
60           Applies PERLQQ, HTMLCREF, XMLCREF, respectively.  Try
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64           To see what it does.
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66       -h,--help
67           Show usage.
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69       -D,--debug
70           Invokes debugging mode.  Primarily for Encode hackers.
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72       -S,--scheme scheme
73           Selects which scheme is to be used for conversion.  Available
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79           decode_encode
80               Input strings are decode()d then encode()d.  A straight two-
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86               You should use this option if you are using UTF-16 and others
87               which linefeed is not $/.
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