NAME

       isutf8 - check whether files are valid UTF-8

SYNOPSIS

       isutf8 [-hq] [--help] [--quiet] [file...]

DESCRIPTION

       isutf8  checks  whether  files  are syntactically valid UTF-8. Input is either files named on the command
       line, or the standard input. Notices about files with invalid UTF-8 are printed to standard output.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              Print out a help summary.

       -q, --quiet
              Don't print messages telling which files are invalid UTF-8, merely indicate it with the exit  sta‐
              tus.

EXIT STATUS

       If  the  file  is valid UTF-8, the exit status is zero.  If the file is not valid UTF-8, or there is some
       error, the exit status is non-zero.

AUTHOR

       Lars Wirzenius

SEE ALSO

       utf8(7)

                                                   2006-02-19                                          isutf8(1)