iconv(1)							   User Commands							  iconv(1)

NAME

       iconv - code set conversion utility

SYNOPSIS

       iconv [-cs] -f frommap -t tomap [file...]

       iconv -f fromcode [-cs] [-t tocode] [file...]

       iconv -t tocode [-cs] [-f fromcode] [file...]

       iconv -l

DESCRIPTION

       The  iconv  utility converts the characters or sequences of characters in file from one code set to another and writes the results to stan-
       dard output. If no conversion exists for a particular character, an implementation-defined conversion is performed on this character.

       The list of supported conversions and the locations of the associated conversion tables are provided in the iconv(5) manual page.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -c	       Omits any characters that are invalid in the codeset of the input file from the output. When -c is not used, the results of
		       encountering invalid characters in the input stream depend on the specified codesets for the conversion. Invalid characters
		       can be either those that are not valid characters in the codeset of the input file or  those  that  have  no  corresponding
		       character  in  the codeset of the output file. The presence or absence of -c does not affect the exit status of iconv. When
		       fromcode is specified for the fromcodeset of the -f option or tocode is specified for the tocodeset of the -t  option,  the
		       specification of -c may be ignored.

       -f fromcodeset  Identifies the code set of the input file. The following two forms of the fromcodeset option-argument are recognized:

		       fromcode        The  fromcode  option-argument  must not contain a    slash (/) character. It is interpreted as the name of
				       one of the codeset descriptions.

		       frommap	       The frommap option-argument must contain a slash character. It is interpreted as the pathname of a  charmap
				       file  as  defined  in  charmap(5).  If  the pathname does not represent a valid, readable charmap file, the
				       results are undefined.

		       If this option is omitted, the codeset of the current locale is used.

       -l	       Writes all supported fromcode and tocode values to standard output.

       -s	       Suppresses any messages written to standard error concerning invalid characters. When  -s  is  not  used,  the  results	of
		       encountering invalid characters in the input stream depend on the specified codesets for the conversion. Invalid characters
		       can be either those that are not valid characters in the codeset of the input file or  those  that  have  no  corresponding
		       character  in  the codeset of the output file. The presence or absence of -s does not affect the exit status of iconv. When
		       fromcode is     specified for the fromcodeset of the -f option or tocode is specified for the tocodeset of the  -t  option,
		       the specification of -s may be ignored.

       -t tocodeset    Identifies the code set used for the output file. The following two forms of the tocodeset option-argument are recognized:

		       tocode	       The  tocode  option-argument  must not contain a      slash (/) character. It is interpreted as the name of
				       one of the codeset descriptions.

		       tomap	       The tomap option-argument must contain a slash character. It is interpreted as the pathname  of	a  charmap
				       file  as  defined  in  charmap(5).  If  the pathname does not represent a valid, readable charmap file, the
				       results are undefined.

		       If this option is omitted, the codeset of the current locale is used.

       If either -f or -t represents a charmap file but the other does not, or is omitted, or if both -f and -t are omitted,  iconv  fails  as	an
       error.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       file	       A path name of an input file. If no file operands are specified, or if a file operand is '-', the standard input is used.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Converting and storing files

       The following example converts the contents of file mail1 from code set 8859 to 646fr and stores the results in file mail.local:

       example% iconv -f 8859 -t 646fr mail1 > mail.local

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See  environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of iconv: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MES-
       SAGES, and NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Successful completion.

       1	An error has occurred.

FILES

       /usr/lib/iconv/iconv_data

	   list of conversions supported by conversion tables

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       iconv(3C), iconv_open(3C), attributes(5), charmap(5), environ(5), iconv(5), iconv_unicode(5), standards(5)

NOTES

       Make sure that both charmap files use the same symbolic names for characters the two codesets have in common.

       The output format of the -l option is unspecified. The -l option is not intended for shell script usage.

       When fromcode or tocode is specified for the codeset conversion, iconv uses the iconv_open(3C) function. If iconv_open(3C)  fails  to  open
       the  specified  codeset	conversion,  iconv  searches  for  an  appropriate  conversion	table.	As for the supported codeset conversion by
       iconv_open(3C), please refer to iconv(5) and iconv_locale(5).

SunOS 5.10							    14 Nov 2003 							  iconv(1)