NAME

       piconv -- iconv(1), reinvented in perl

SYNOPSIS

         piconv [-f from_encoding] [-t to_encoding]
                [-p|--perlqq|--htmlcref|--xmlcref] [-C N|-c] [-D] [-S scheme]
                [-s string|file...]
         piconv -l
         piconv -r encoding_alias
         piconv -h

DESCRIPTION

       piconv is perl version of iconv, a character encoding converter widely available for various Unixen
       today.  This script was primarily a technology demonstrator for Perl 5.8.0, but you can use piconv in the
       place of iconv for virtually any case.

       piconv converts the character encoding of either STDIN or files specified in the argument and prints out
       to STDOUT.

       Here is the list of options.  Some options can be in short format (-f) or long (--from) one.

       -f,--from from_encoding
           Specifies the encoding you are converting from.  Unlike iconv, this option can be omitted.  In such
           cases, the current locale is used.

       -t,--to to_encoding
           Specifies the encoding you are converting to.  Unlike iconv, this option can be omitted.  In such
           cases, the current locale is used.

           Therefore, when both -f and -t are omitted, piconv just acts like cat.

       -s,--string string
           uses string instead of file for the source of text.

       -l,--list
           Lists all available encodings, one per line, in case-insensitive order.  Note that only the canonical
           names are listed; many aliases exist.  For example, the names are case-insensitive, and many standard
           and common aliases work, such as "latin1" for "ISO-8859-1", or "ibm850" instead of "cp850", or
           "winlatin1" for "cp1252".  See Encode::Supported for a full discussion.

       -r,--resolve encoding_alias
           Resolve encoding_alias to Encode canonical encoding name.

       -C,--check N
           Check the validity of the stream if N = 1.  When N = -1, something interesting happens when it
           encounters an invalid character.

       -c  Same as "-C 1".

       -p,--perlqq
           Transliterate characters missing in encoding to \x{HHHH} where HHHH is the hexadecimal Unicode code
           point.

       --htmlcref
           Transliterate characters missing in encoding to &#NNN; where NNN is the decimal Unicode code point.

       --xmlcref
           Transliterate characters missing in encoding to &#xHHHH; where HHHH is the hexadecimal Unicode code
           point.

       -h,--help
           Show usage.

       -D,--debug
           Invokes debugging mode.  Primarily for Encode hackers.

       -S,--scheme scheme
           Selects which scheme is to be used for conversion.  Available schemes are as follows:

           from_to
               Uses Encode::from_to for conversion.  This is the default.

           decode_encode
               Input strings are decode()d then encode()d.  A straight two-step implementation.

           perlio
               The new perlIO layer is used.  NI-S' favorite.

               You should use this option if you are using UTF-16 and others which linefeed is not $/.

           Like the -D option, this is also for Encode hackers.

SEE ALSO

       iconv(1) locale(3) Encode Encode::Supported Encode::Alias PerlIO