March 20, 2008 ICONV 1

### NAME

iconv - codeset conversion utility

### SYNOPSIS

iconv [-cs] -f from_name -t to_name [file ...] iconv -f from_name [-cs] [-t to_name] [file ...] iconv -t to_name [-cs] [-f from_name] [file ...] iconv -l

### DESCRIPTION

The iconv utility converts the codeset of file (or from standard input if no file is specified) from codeset from_name to codeset to_name and outputs the converted text on standard output.

The following options are available:

-c
  Prevent output of any invalid characters. By default, iconv outputs an ``invalid character'' specified by the to_name codeset when it encounts a character which is valid in the from_name codeset but does not have a corresponding character in the to_name codeset.

-f
  Specifies the source codeset name as from_name.

-l
  Lists available codeset names. Note that not all combinations of from_name and to_name are valid.

-s
  Silent. By default, iconv outputs the number of ``invalid characters'' to standard error if they exist. This option prevents this behaviour.

-t
  Specifies the destination codeset name as to_name.

### EXIT STATUS

### SEE ALSO

iconv(3)

### STANDARDS

iconv conform to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'') .

### HISTORY

iconv first appeared in NetBSD2.0.