NAME

       cvtenc - file encoding converter

SYNOPSIS

       cvtenc [-Encoding encoding] [-EscapeIn yes|NO] [-EscapeOut yes|NO]
        filename

DESCRIPTION

       Converts  a  file  encoded  in a specified or default non-unicode encoding to unicode (UTF16), or, if the
       file is already in unicode, converts it to a specified or default non-unicode  encoding.   The  converted
       text is printed to standard out.  If the filename is a hyphen then this tool reads from standard input.

OPTIONS

       -Encoding  encoding
           Specify  non-unicode  encoding  to  be used.  The direction of conversion depends on whether the file
           given as input is recognized as unicode (from the higher order bytes).  To get a  list  of  available
           encodings,  enter  "list"  for  the encoding.  If this is not specified, the default encoding for the
           current locale is used.

       -EscapeIn YES|NO
           Specify '-EscapeIn YES' (the default is 'NO') to parse the input  for  \u  escape  sequences  (as  in
           property lists).

       -EscapeOut YES|NO
           Specify '-EscapeOut YES' (the default is 'NO') to generate \u escape sequences (as in property lists)
           in the output.  Note, this might produce unexpected results for some encodings.

       -Unicode IN|OUT
           Specify '-Unicode IN' (or '-Unicode OUT') to control the direction of conversion rather  than  having
           the  tool  guess  it  on  the basis of the content it reads.  Using '-Unicode IN' means that the tool
           reads UTF16 data and writes C-String data, while using '-Unicode OUT' merans that the tool  reads  C-
           String data and writes UTF16 data.

HISTORY

       Written in 2002.  Minr update in 2010.

       This manual page first appeared in gnustep-base 1.9.2 (March 2004).

AUTHORS

       cvtenc was written by Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>