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piconv -- iconv(1), reinvented in perl
piconv [-f from_encoding] [-t to_encoding] [-s string] [files...]
piconv -l
piconv [-C N|-c|-p]
piconv -S scheme ...
piconv -r encoding
piconv -D ...
piconv -h
piconv is perl version of iconv, a character encoding con-
verter widely available for various Unixen today. This
script was primarily a technology demonstrator for Perl
5.8.0, but you can use piconv in the place of iconv for vir-
tually any case.
piconv converts the character encoding of either STDIN or
files specified in the argument and prints out to STDOUT.
Here is the list of options. Each option can be in short
format (-f) or long (--from).
-f,--from from_encoding
Specifies the encoding you are converting from. Unlike
iconv, this option can be omitted. In such cases, the
current locale is used.
-t,--to to_encoding
Specifies the encoding you are converting to. Unlike
iconv, this option can be omitted. In such cases, the
current locale is used.
Therefore, when both -f and -t are omitted, piconv just
acts like cat.
-s,--string string
uses string instead of file for the source of text.
-l,--list
Lists all available encodings, one per line, in case-
insensitive order. Note that only the canonical names
are listed; many aliases exist. For example, the names
are case-insensitive, and many standard and common
aliases work, such as "latin1" for "ISO-8859-1", or
"ibm850" instead of "cp850", or "winlatin1" for
"cp1252". See Encode::Supported for a full discussion.
-C,--check N
Check the validity of the stream if N = 1. When N = -1,
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something interesting happens when it encounters an
invalid character.
-c Same as "-C 1".
-p,--perlqq
Same as "-C -1".
-h,--help
Show usage.
-D,--debug
Invokes debugging mode. Primarily for Encode hackers.
-S,--scheme scheme
Selects which scheme is to be used for conversion.
Available schemes are as follows:
from_to
Uses Encode::from_to for conversion. This is the
default.
decode_encode
Input strings are decode()d then encode()d. A
straight two-step implementation.
perlio
The new perlIO layer is used. NI-S' favorite.
Like the -D option, this is also for Encode hackers.
"1" in iconv "3" in locale Encode Encode::Supported
Encode::Alias PerlIO
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