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# 1  
Old 10-23-2011
How to convert file in Unix
we have a file that shows encoding as small-endian (in NotePad+). I can not read this file in my program. If I change it to ANSI (again in Notepad+) and save it, I am able to read it in my program.
Can I use the iconv function to change this file to ANSI ?
Thanks in advance for your help.
# 2  
Old 10-23-2011
First you need to list code sets in the internal table
With the following command.
Code:
$iconv -l

or
Code:
$iconv -v

then select the encodings you intend to convert to
Code:
$iconv [-sc] -f oldset -t newset [file ...]

# 3  
Old 10-23-2011
iconv
Ok,
Code:
iconv -l (or -v) produces the following message;
iconv: usage: iconv -f fromcode -t tocoe [file..]
 
$iconv -l   produces;
sh: iconv: parameter not set

I appreciate your patience - This is my first time on a Unix box (if you haven't already noticed)

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Last edited by zaxxon; 10-24-2011 at 12:18 PM.. Reason: code tags, see PM
# 4  
Old 10-24-2011
What flavor of UNIX do you have?
If AIX then the iconv command uses the LOCPATH environment variable to search for code-set converters of the form iconv/FromCodeSet_ToCodeSet. The default value of LOCPATH is /usr/lib/nls/loc.

Run the following
Code:
$export LOCPATH=/usr/lib/nls/loc
$iconv -l

# 5  
Old 10-24-2011
config.iconv
This is an HP Unix system. I downloaded the config.iconv to see what codesets were supported.
Using Notepad+ to check Encoding - it shows it as 'UCS-2 - Little Endian'.
So - I'm trying to understand what character encode UCS-2 is -

And then looking at config.iconv, I'm trying to understand the correlation;
(sample below) - thanks
Code:
# UTF-8 to HP supported codesets
#
utf8 roma8 ucs2=roma8 lutf8hp.sl -
utf8 iso81 ucs2=iso81 lutf8hp.sl -
utf8 iso82 ucs2=iso82 lutf8hp.sl -
utf8 iso85 ucs2=iso85 lutf8hp.sl -
utf8 iso86 ucs2=iso86 lutf8hp.sl -
utf8 iso87 ucs2=iso87 lutf8hp.sl -
utf8 iso88 ucs2=iso88 lutf8hp.sl -
utf8 iso89 ucs2=iso89 lutf8hp.sl -
utf8 iso815 ucs2=iso815 lutf8hp.sl -
utf8 thai8 ucs2=thai8 lutf8hp.sl -
utf8 eucJP ucs2=eucJP lutf8hp.sl -
utf8 sjis ucs2=sjis lutf8hp.sl -
utf8 eucTW ucs2=eucTW lutf8hp.sl -
utf8 big5 ucs2=big5 lutf8hp.sl -
utf8 roc15 ucs2=roc15 lutf8hp.sl -
utf8 kore5 ucs2=eucKR lutf8hp.sl -
utf8 hp15CN ucs2=hp15CN lutf8hp.sl -
utf8    hkbig5  ucs2=hkbig5     lutf8hp.sl      -
utf8    gb18030 ucs2=gb18030    lutf8hp.sl      -

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---------- Post updated at 11:21 AM ---------- Previous update was at 10:44 AM ----------

Looks like it's
Code:
iconv -f usc2 -t iso81 (old-file) > (new-file)

For my file

(I'll test a little later)

Thanks for your help
Last edited by zaxxon; 10-24-2011 at 12:25 PM.. Reason: code tags, see PM
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