debian man page for isutf8

isutf8(1)																 isutf8(1)

NAME
       isutf8 - check whether files are valid UTF-8

SYNOPSIS
       isutf8 [-hq] [--help] [--quiet] [file...]

DESCRIPTION
       isutf8  checks whether files are syntactically valid UTF-8. Input is either files named on the command line, or the standard input. Notices
       about files with invalid UTF-8 are printed to standard output.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help
	      Print out a help summary.

       -q, --quiet
	      Don't print messages telling which files are invalid UTF-8, merely indicate it with the exit status.

EXIT STATUS
       If the file is valid UTF-8, the exit status is zero.  If the file is not valid UTF-8, or there is some error, the exit status is non-zero.

AUTHOR
       Lars Wirzenius

SEE ALSO
       utf8(7)

								    2006-02-19								 isutf8(1)