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RECODE

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
Listings:
Operation modes:
Fine tuning:
MAINTAINER
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO

NAME

recode - converts files between character sets

SYNOPSIS

recode [ OPTION ]... [ [ CHARSET ] | REQUEST [ FILE ]... ]

DESCRIPTION

Recode converts files between various character sets and surfaces.

If a long option shows an argument as mandatory, then it is mandatory for the equivalent short option also. Similarly for optional arguments.

Listings:

-l , --list [= FORMAT ]

list one or all known charsets and aliases

-k , --known = PAIRS

restrict charsets according to known PAIRS list

-h , --header[ = [LN /]NAME]

write table NAME on stdout using LN, then exit

-T , --find-subsets

report all charsets being subset of others

-C , --copyright

display copyright and copying conditions

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

Operation modes:

-v , --verbose

explain sequence of steps and report progress

-q , --quiet , --silent

inhibit messages about irreversible recodings

-f , --force

force recodings even when not reversible

-t , --touch

touch the recoded files after replacement

-i , -p , --sequence = STRATEGY

ignored for backwards compatibility

Fine tuning:

-s , --strict

use strict mappings; discard untranslatable characters

-d , --diacritics

convert only diacritics and special characters for HTML/LaTeX/BibTeX

-S , --source [= LN ]

limit recoding to strings and comments as for LN

-c , --colons

use colons instead of double quotes for diaeresis

-g , --graphics

approximate IBMPC rulers by ASCII graphics

-x , --ignore = CHARSET

ignore CHARSET while choosing a recoding path

-I , --prefer-iconv

use iconv if possible

Option -l with no FORMAT nor CHARSET list available charsets and surfaces. FORMAT is ‘decimal’, ‘octal’, ‘hexadecimal’ or ‘full’ (or one of ‘dohf’). Unless DEFAULT_CHARSET is set in environment, CHARSET defaults to the locale dependent encoding, determined by LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LANG. With -k , possible before charsets are listed for the given after CHARSET, both being tabular charsets, with PAIRS of the form ‘BEF1:AFT1,BEF2:AFT2,...’ and BEFs and AFTs being codes are given as decimal numbers. LN is some language, it may be ‘c’, ‘perl’ or ‘po’; ‘c’ is the default.

REQUEST is SUBREQUEST[,SUBREQUEST]...; SUBREQUEST is ENCODING[..ENCODING]... ENCODING is [CHARSET][/[SURFACE]]...; REQUEST often looks like BEFORE..AFTER, with BEFORE and AFTER being charsets. An omitted CHARSET implies the usual charset; an omitted [/SURFACE]... means the implied surfaces for CHARSET; a / with an empty surface name means no surfaces at all. See the manual.

Each FILE is recoded over itself, destroying the original. If no FILE is specified, then act as a filter and recode stdin to stdout.

MAINTAINER

Maintained by Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>.

AUTHOR

Written by François Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs at https://github.com/rrthomas/recode

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1990-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.