NAME

       idn - Internationalized Domain Names command line tool

SYNOPSIS

       idn [OPTION]... [STRINGS]...

DESCRIPTION

       Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) convert STRINGS, or standard input.

       Command line interface to the internationalized domain name library.

       All  strings  are  expected to be encoded in the preferred charset used by your locale.  Use `--debug' to
       find out what this charset is.  You can  override  the  charset  used  by  setting  environment  variable
       CHARSET.

       To  process  a string that starts with `-', for example `-foo', use `--' to signal the end of parameters,
       as in `idn --quiet -a -- -foo'.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

       -h, --help
              Print help and exit

       -V, --version
              Print version and exit

       -s, --stringprep
              Prepare string according to nameprep profile

       -d, --punycode-decode
              Decode Punycode

       -e, --punycode-encode
              Encode Punycode

       -a, --idna-to-ascii
              Convert to ACE according to IDNA (default mode)

       -u, --idna-to-unicode
              Convert from ACE according to IDNA

       --allow-unassigned
              Toggle IDNA AllowUnassigned flag (default off)

       --usestd3asciirules
              Toggle IDNA UseSTD3ASCIIRules flag (default off)

       --no-tld
              Don't check string for TLD specific rules Only for --idna-to-ascii and --idna-to-unicode

       -n, --nfkc
              Normalize string according to Unicode v3.2 NFKC

       -p, --profile=STRING
              Use  specified  stringprep  profile  instead  Valid  stringprep  profiles:  `Nameprep',   `iSCSI',
              `Nodeprep', `Resourceprep', `trace', `SASLprep'

       --debug
              Print debugging information

       --quiet
              Silent operation

AUTHOR

       Written by Simon Josefsson.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to: bug-libidn@gnu.org

       Report Debian bugs to: http://bugs.debian.org/
       GNU Libidn home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

       Packaged by Debian (1.28-1ubuntu2.2)
       Copyright © 2013 Simon Josefsson.
       License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       The  full  documentation  for  idn  is  maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and idn programs are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info idn

       should give you access to the complete manual.