convert text from one encoding to another | iconv cheat-sheet

iconv is a tool to convert text from one encoding to another.

Convert file to a specific encoding, and print to stdout:

iconv -f from_encoding -t to_encoding input_file

Convert file to the current locale’s encoding, and output to a file:

iconv -f from_encoding input_file > output_file

List supported encodings:

iconv -l

More information: https://manned.org/iconv .

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