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umap

UMAP(1)                                                 User Contributed Perl Documentation                                                UMAP(1)

NAME

       umap - map between different character sets

SYNOPSIS

        umap [options] <before>:<after>

DESCRIPTION

       The umap script acts as a filter between different encodings and character sets.

       The following options are recognized:

       --list [charset]
           Without argument list all character sets recognized.  With a specified character set list the mapping between this set and Unicode.

       --strict
           Do the stict mapping between the character sets.  The default is to not translate unmapped character.  With --stict we will remove
           unmapped characters or use the default specified with --def8 or --def16.

       --def8=<charcode>
           Set the default 8-bit code for unmapped chars.

       --def16=<charcode>
           Set the default 16-bit code for unmapped chars.

       --verbose
           Generate more verbose output.

       --version
           Print the version number of this program and quit.

       --help
           Print the usage message.

SEE ALSO

       Unicode::String, Unicode::Map8, recode(1)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 1998 Gisle Aas.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.12.1                                                        2010-01-18                                                             UMAP(1)

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