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encguess: guess character encodings of files

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.

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>