1.\" $FreeBSD$ 2.\" $NetBSD: iconv.1,v 1.3 2008/03/20 11:35:44 tnozaki Exp $ 3.\" 4.\" Copyright (c)2003 Citrus Project, 5.\" All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 9.\" are met: 10.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 12.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 14.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 15.\" 16.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 17.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 18.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 19.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 20.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 21.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 22.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 23.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 24.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 25.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 26.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 27.\" 28.Dd October 22, 2009 29.Dt ICONV 1 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm iconv 33.Nd codeset conversion utility 34.Sh SYNOPSIS 35.Nm 36.Op Fl cs 37.Fl f 38.Ar from_name 39.Fl t 40.Ar to_name 41.Op Ar file ... 42.Nm 43.Fl f 44.Ar from_name 45.Op Fl cs 46.Op Fl t Ar to_name 47.Op Ar file ... 48.Nm 49.Fl t 50.Ar to_name 51.Op Fl cs 52.Op Fl f Ar from_name 53.Op Ar file ... 54.Nm 55.Fl l 56.Sh DESCRIPTION 57The 58.Nm 59utility converts the codeset of 60.Ar file 61(or from standard input if no file is specified) from codeset 62.Ar from_name 63to codeset 64.Ar to_name 65and outputs the 66converted text on standard output. 67.Pp 68The following options are available: 69.Bl -tag -width 0123 70.It Fl c 71Prevent output of any invalid characters. 72By default, 73.Nm 74outputs an 75.Dq invalid character 76specified by the 77.Ar to_name 78codeset when it encounts a character which is valid in the 79.Ar from_name 80codeset but does not have a corresponding character in the 81.Ar to_name 82codeset. 83.It Fl f 84Specifies the source codeset name as 85.Ar from_name . 86.It Fl l 87Lists available codeset names. 88Note that not all combinations of 89.Ar from_name 90and 91.Ar to_name 92are valid. 93.It Fl s 94Silent. 95By default, 96.Nm 97outputs the number of 98.Dq invalid characters 99to standard error if they exist. 100This option prevents this behaviour. 101.It Fl t 102Specifies the destination codeset name as 103.Ar to_name . 104.El 105.Sh EXIT STATUS 106.Ex -std iconv 107.Sh SEE ALSO 108.Xr mkcsmapper 1 , 109.Xr mkesdb 1 , 110.Xr iconv 3 111.Sh STANDARDS 112.Nm 113conform to 114.St -p1003.1-2008 . 115.Sh HISTORY 116.Nm 117first appeared in 118.Nx 2.0 , and made its appearance in 119.Fx 9.0 . 120