m17n-conv(1)

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version 1.8.4 · 2 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 NAME 💖

m17n-conv — convert file code, bestie. that's the whole vibe.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

m17n-conv [ OPTION ... ] [ INFILE [ OUTFILE ] ]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so picture this: you've got a file, and its encoding is not the encoding you need it to be. tragic. m17n-conv converts the encoding of the files you give it from one code to another. that's it, that's the whole job, and it eats every single time. 💅

if you ghost INFILE, the input gets pulled from standard input instead. and if you ghost OUTFILE, the output goes to standard output. no file, no problem. 🫶

here are the OPTIONs you've got to work with, and yes i'm listing all of them, no skips, no cap.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -f FROMCODE — FROMCODE is the encoding of INFILE. it defaults to UTF-8, so if you say nothing it's just assuming UTF-8 like it's manifesting it.
  • -t TOCODE — TOCODE is the encoding of OUTFILE. also defaults to UTF-8. same deal, different side of the conversion.
  • -k — do not stop conversion on error. it just keeps going, main character energy, refuses to be derailed. 😤
  • -s — suppress warnings. hush mode. 🔇
  • -v — print progress information. it'll narrate its little journey for you. 👀
  • -l — list available encodings. the full menu, the whole catalog, so you know what FROMCODE and TOCODE are allowed to be. 📜
  • --version — print version number. so you know exactly which era of m17n-conv you're living in.
  • -h, --help — print this message. the classic. the safety net. 🥰

Copyright (C) 2001 Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)

Copyright (C) 2001-2011 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html>.

fr fr, that's the legal bit and you gotta keep it — copy it, distribute it, modify it, all allowed, just under the terms of that GNU Free Documentation License link up there. 💜

and that's a wrap, bestie!! 🦋 this whole thing is from The m17n Library, Version 1.8.4, dated Mon Sep 25 2023 — iconic, timeless, no notes. go convert something. 🌈⭐🎀

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