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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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.  The default is to guess likely input encod‐
32              ings based on the file name.
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37       -q, --quiet
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43       -h, --help
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46       -V, --version
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SEE ALSO

50       iconv(1), man(1), man-recode(1)
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AUTHOR

53       Colin Watson (cjwatson@debian.org).
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BUGS

56       https://gitlab.com/man-db/man-db/-/issues
57       https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=man-db
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612.11.2                            2023-01-08                        MANCONV(1)