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NAME

       cvtenc - file encoding converter

SYNOPSIS

       cvtenc [-Encoding encoding] [-EscapeIn yes|NO] [-EscapeOut yes|NO]
	filename

DESCRIPTION

       Converts  a file encoded in a specified or default non-unicode encoding to unicode (UTF16), or, if the file is already in unicode, converts
       it to a specified or default non-unicode encoding.  The converted text is printed to standard out.  If the filename is a hyphen	then  this
       tool reads from standard input.

OPTIONS

       -Encoding  encoding
	   Specify  non-unicode encoding to be used.  The direction of conversion depends on whether the file given as input is recognized as uni-
	   code (from the higher order bytes).	To get a list of available encodings, enter "list" for the encoding.  If this  is  not	specified,
	   the default encoding for the current locale is used.

       -EscapeIn YES|NO
	   Specify '-EscapeIn YES' (the default is 'NO') to parse the input for u escape sequences (as in property lists).

       -EscapeOut YES|NO
	   Specify  '-EscapeOut YES' (the default is 'NO') to generate u escape sequences (as in property lists) in the output.  Note, this might
	   produce unexpected results for some encodings.

       -Unicode IN|OUT
	   Specify '-Unicode IN' (or '-Unicode OUT') to control the direction of conversion rather than having the tool guess it on the  basis	of
	   the	content  it  reads.  Using '-Unicode IN' means that the tool reads UTF16 data and writes C-String data, while using '-Unicode OUT'
	   merans that the tool reads C-String data and writes UTF16 data.

HISTORY

       Written in 2002.  Minr update in 2010.

       This manual page first appeared in gnustep-base 1.9.2 (March 2004).

AUTHORS

       cvtenc was written by Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>

GNUstep 							   February 2004							 CVTENC(1)