.\"     Title: yaz\-iconv
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.\"      Date: 09/04/2006
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.\"    Source: YAZ 2.1.28
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.TH "YAZ\-ICONV" "1" "09/04/2006" "YAZ 2.1.28" ""
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.SH "NAME"
yaz\-iconv \- YAZ Charcter set conversion utility
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP 10
\fByaz\-iconv\fR [\fB\-f\ \fR\fB\fIfrom\fR\fR] [\fB\-t\ \fR\fB\fIto\fR\fR] [\fB\-v\fR] [file...]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP

\fByaz\-iconv\fR
converts data in file in character set specified by
\fIfrom\fR
to output in character set as specified by
\fIto\fR.
.PP
This
\fByaz\-iconv\fR
utility similar to the
\fBiconv\fR
found on many POSIX systems (Glibc, Solaris, etc).
.PP
If no
\fIfile\fR
is specified,
\fByaz\-iconv\fR
reads from standard input.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP 3n
\-f\fIfrom\fR]
Specify the character set
\fIfrom\fR
of the input file. Should be used in conjunction with option
\-t.
.TP 3n
\-t\fIto\fR]
Specify the character set
\fIof\fR
of the output. Should be used in conjunction with option
\-f.
.TP 3n
\-v
Print more information about the conversion process.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
The following command converts from ISO\-8859\-1 (Latin\-1) to UTF\-8.
.sp
.RS 3n
.nf
    yaz\-iconv \-f ISO\-8859\-1 \-t UTF\-8 \-X <input.lst >output.lst
   
.fi
.RE
.sp
.SH "FILES"
.PP

\fI\fIprefix\fR\fR\fI/bin/yaz\-iconv\fR
.PP

\fI\fIprefix\fR\fR\fI/include/yaz/yaz\-iconv.h\fR
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
yaz(7) iconv(1)