Manual: encguess

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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:

       

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