SYNOPSIS
piconv [-f from_encoding] [-t to_encoding] [-s string] [files...]
piconv -l
DESCRIPTION
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
virtually 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.
-f 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_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
uses string instead of file for the source of text.
Same as iconv.
-l 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 com
mon aliases work, such as "latin1" for "ISO-8859-1",
or "ibm850" instead of "cp850", or "winlatin1" for
"cp1252". See Encode::Supported for a full discus
sion.
-C N
Check the validity of the stream if N = 1. When N =
-1, something interesting happens when it encounters
an invalid character.
-c Same as "-C 1".
-p Same as "-C -1".
-h Show usage.
perlio
The new perlIO layer is used. NI-S' favorite.
Like the -D option, this is also for Encode hackers.
SEE ALSO
iconv(1) locale(3) Encode Encode::Supported Encode::Alias
PerlIO
perl v5.8.0 2003-03-13 PICONV(1)
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