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PICONV(1)


NAME

  piconv -- iconv(1), reinvented in perl


SYNOPSIS

    piconv [-f from_encoding] [-t to_encoding] [-s string] [files...]
    piconv -l


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.

  -f 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_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
      uses string instead of file for the source of text.  Same as iconv.

  -l  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.

  -C 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  Same as "-C -1".

  -h  Show usage.

  -D  Invokes debugging mode.  Primarily for Encode hackers.

  -S 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.

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


SEE ALSO

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

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