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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Converting Unicode file to UTF8 format Post 302347460 by CRGreathouse on Tuesday 25th of August 2009 06:12:09 PM
Old 08-25-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by vfrg
We need to run iconv command only if the file encode type is ANSI. If it is UTF-8 then we should not run iconv. How do we identify the encode of file in UNIX. Please help me in finding this.
Code:
file <input file>

should do it.
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LEARN ABOUT CENTOS

iconv.h

iconv.h(3HEAD)                                                        Headers                                                       iconv.h(3HEAD)

NAME

       iconv.h, iconv - codeset conversion facility

SYNOPSIS

       #include <iconv.h>

DESCRIPTION

       The <iconv.h> header defines the following type:

       iconv_t         Identifies the conversion from one codeset to another.

ATTRIBUTES

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

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

SEE ALSO

       iconv(3C), iconv_close(3C), iconv_open(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.10                                                          10 Sep 2004                                                     iconv.h(3HEAD)
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