lk/system/character-encoding.md

---
title: "character-encoding"
tags: [ "Documentation", "system" ]
---
Convert a text file from one encoding type to another with:

> iconv -f ascii -t utf8 oldfilename > newfilename

Available options are:

* ISO-8859-15

* UTF-8

* ASCII

* Lots more

Generate a full list of encoding types available with:

> iconv -l
add headers to lk 2022-01-16 18:20:39 +00:00			`---`
			`title: "character-encoding"`
			`tags: [ "Documentation", "system" ]`
			`---`
initial commit 2020-01-02 00:04:35 +00:00			`Convert a text file from one encoding type to another with:`

			`> iconv -f ascii -t utf8 oldfilename > newfilename`

			`Available options are:`

			`* ISO-8859-15`

			`* UTF-8`

			`* ASCII`

			`* Lots more`

			`Generate a full list of encoding types available with:`

			`> iconv -l`