ENCGUESS(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide ENCGUESS(1)
NAME
encguess - guess character encodings of files
VERSION
$Id: encguess,v 0.4 2023/11/10 01:10:50 dankogai Exp $
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 Artistic License (2.0). You may obtain a copy of
the full license at:
<http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0>
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