1MANCONV(1) Manual pager utils MANCONV(1)
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6 manconv - convert manual page from one encoding to another
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9 manconv -f [from-code[:from-code...]] -t to-code [-dqhV] [filename]
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12 manconv converts a manual page from one encoding to another, like
13 iconv. Unlike iconv, it can try multiple possible input encodings in
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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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29 -f encodings, --from-code encodings
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