User Commands                                            ICONV(1)

NAME
     iconv - character set conversion

SYNOPSIS
     iconv [-f encoding] [-t encoding] [inputfile ...]

DESCRIPTION
     The iconv program converts text from one encoding to another
     encoding.   More  precisely,  it  converts from the encoding
     given for the -f option to the encoding  given  for  the  -t
     option.  Either  of these encodings defaults to the encoding
     of the current locale. All the inputfiles are read and  con-
     verted in turn; if no inputfile is given, the standard input
     is used. The converted text is printed to standard output.

     The  encodings  permitted  are  system  dependent.  For  the
     libiconv    implementation,   they   are   listed   in   the
     iconv_open(3) manual page.

SEE ALSO
     iconv_open(3), locale(7)

GNU              Last change: February 20, 2001                 1