Linux Common commands: Iconv command

The Iconv command is a common command for file transcoding under Linux, and file transcoding is a frequent operation for students who are using both Windows and Linux systems.

1. Command format:

Iconv [Options ...] [File ...]

2. Command function:

Converts the encoding of a given file.

3. Common parameters:

Input/output format specification:
-F,--from-code= name original text encoding
-T,--to-code= name output encoding

Information:
-L,--list enumeration of all known character sets

Output control:
-C ignores invalid characters from output
-O,--output=file output file
-S,--silent off warning
--verbose Printing Progress Information

-?,--Help gives a list of the systems
--usage gives a brief usage information
-V,--version print program version number

4. Common examples:

Example 1: List the currently supported character encodings:

Command

Example: 2: File transfer utf-8 encoding

Command:

ICONV ABC. sh -o UTF8 #将文件转换成utf8格式

Example 3: File GBK encoding to UTF-8 encoding

Command:

Iconv test.txt-f gbk-t utf-8 -o test2.txt

Example 4: transcode the file file1, and then output the file to Fil2:

Command:

#iconv-  f gbk-t utf-8 file1  - o file2   //Not-O output to standard output.

Example 5:gb2312 encoding to UTF-8 encoding

Command:

Iconv-f gb2312-t utf-8 file1 >-F gb2312-t utf-8 file1-o file2

Linux Common commands: Iconv command