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Updated: 2021-01-27
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NAME
encguess - guess character encodings of files
VERSION
$Id: encguess,v 0.3 2020/12/02 01:28:17 dankogai Exp dankogai $
SYNOPSIS
encguess [switches] filename...
SWITCHES
- -h
-
show this message and exit.
- -s
-
specify a list of ``suspect encoding types'' to test,
separated by either ":" or ","
- -S
-
output a list of all acceptable encoding types that can be used with
the -s param
- -u
-
suppress display of unidentified types
EXAMPLES:
- •
-
Guess encoding of a file named "test.txt", using only the default
suspect types.
encguess test.txt
- •
-
Guess the encoding type of a file named "test.txt", using the suspect
types "euc-jp,shiftjis,7bit-jis".
encguess -s euc-jp,shiftjis,7bit-jis test.txt
encguess -s euc-jp:shiftjis:7bit-jis test.txt
- •
-
Guess the encoding type of several files, do not display results for
unidentified files.
encguess -us euc-jp,shiftjis,7bit-jis test*.txt
DESCRIPTION
The encoding identification is done by checking one encoding type at a
time until all but the right type are eliminated. The set of encoding
types to try is defined by the -s parameter and defaults to ascii,
utf8 and
UTF-16/32 with
BOM. This can be overridden by passing one or
more encoding types via the -s parameter. If you need to pass in
multiple suspect encoding types, use a quoted string with the a space
separating each value.
SEE ALSO
Encode::Guess, Encode::Detect
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2015 Michael LaGrasta and Dan Kogai.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the the Artistic License (2.0). You may obtain a
copy of the full license at:
<http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0>