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Help with iconv command
Hi ,

I am using iconv command to convert a file in UTF-16 format to UTF-8 format. This command will work for few files but for some showing an error as bad input character.
But if i copy the contents of the file for which it is showing "bad input character" to a new file and perform the conversion it is working.

Please let me know how this iconv command works.
And also any way by which this error can be resolved.

Thanks,
Shruthi
Last edited by Scott; 11-04-2011 at 05:50 AM.. Reason: Double post. Closed.
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manconv

MANCONV(1)							Manual pager utils							MANCONV(1)

NAME

       manconv - convert manual page from one encoding to another

SYNOPSIS

       manconv -f from-code[:from-code...]  -t to-code [-dqhV] [filename]

DESCRIPTION

       manconv	converts  a  manual  page from one encoding to another, like iconv.  Unlike iconv, it can try multiple possible input encodings in
       sequence.  This is useful for manual pages installed in directories without an explicit encoding declaration, since they may be in UTF-8 or
       in a legacy character set.

       If  an encoding declaration is found on the first line of the manual page, that declaration overrides any input encodings specified on man-
       conv's command line.  Encoding declarations have the following form:

	      '" -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-

       or (if manual page preprocessors are also to be declared):

	      '" t -*- coding: ISO-8859-1 -*-

OPTIONS

       -f encodings, --from-code encodings
	      Try each of encodings (a colon-separated list) in sequence as the input encoding.

       -t encoding, --to-code encoding
	      Convert the manual page to encoding.

       -q, --quiet
	      Do not issue error messages when the page cannot be converted.

       -d, --debug
	      Print debugging information.

       -h, --help
	      Print a help message and exit.

       -V, --version
	      Display version information.

SEE ALSO

       man(1), iconv(1).

AUTHOR

       Colin Watson (cjwatson@debian.org).

2.6.0.2 							    2011-04-13								MANCONV(1)