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]
10                [-p|--perlqq|--htmlcref|--xmlcref] [-C N|-c] [-D] [-S scheme]
11                [-s string|file...]
12         piconv -l
13         piconv -r encoding_alias
14         piconv -h
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DESCRIPTION

17       piconv is perl version of iconv, a character encoding converter widely
18       available for various Unixen today.  This script was primarily a
19       technology demonstrator for Perl 5.8.0, but you can use piconv in the
20       place of iconv for virtually any case.
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22       piconv converts the character encoding of either STDIN or files
23       specified in the argument and prints out to STDOUT.
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25       Here is the list of options.  Some options can be in short format (-f)
26       or long (--from) one.
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28       -f,--from from_encoding
29           Specifies the encoding you are converting from.  Unlike iconv, this
30           option can be omitted.  In such cases, the current locale is used.
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32       -t,--to to_encoding
33           Specifies the encoding you are converting to.  Unlike iconv, this
34           option can be omitted.  In such cases, the current locale is used.
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36           Therefore, when both -f and -t are omitted, piconv just acts like
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39       -s,--string string
40           uses string instead of file for the source of text.
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42       -l,--list
43           Lists all available encodings, one per line, in case-insensitive
44           order.  Note that only the canonical names are listed; many aliases
45           exist.  For example, the names are case-insensitive, and many
46           standard and common aliases work, such as "latin1" for
47           "ISO-8859-1", or "ibm850" instead of "cp850", or "winlatin1" for
48           "cp1252".  See Encode::Supported for a full discussion.
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50       -r,--resolve encoding_alias
51           Resolve encoding_alias to Encode canonical encoding name.
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53       -C,--check N
54           Check the validity of the stream if N = 1.  When N = -1, something
55           interesting happens when it encounters an invalid character.
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57       -c  Same as "-C 1".
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59       -p,--perlqq
60           Transliterate characters missing in encoding to \x{HHHH} where HHHH
61           is the hexadecimal Unicode code point.
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63       --htmlcref
64           Transliterate characters missing in encoding to &#NNN; where NNN is
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67       --xmlcref
68           Transliterate characters missing in encoding to &#xHHHH; where HHHH
69           is the hexadecimal Unicode code point.
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71       -h,--help
72           Show usage.
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74       -D,--debug
75           Invokes debugging mode.  Primarily for Encode hackers.
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77       -S,--scheme scheme
78           Selects which scheme is to be used for conversion.  Available
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81           from_to
82               Uses Encode::from_to for conversion.  This is the default.
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84           decode_encode
85               Input strings are decode()d then encode()d.  A straight two-
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88           perlio
89               The new perlIO layer is used.  NI-S' favorite.
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91               You should use this option if you are using UTF-16 and others
92               which linefeed is not $/.
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94           Like the -D option, this is also for Encode hackers.
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