NAME¶
translit - transliterate text between various writing systems
SYNOPSIS¶
translit
-t name -r -i file -o
file -l -v -h
DESCRIPTION¶
translit transliterates
UTF-8 encoded natural language text from
one writing system to another.
It utilizes the Perl module Lingua::Translit to accomplish this task and follows
the provided transliteration standards as strict as possible.
translit regards the following commandline switches:
- --trans, -t name
- Use the transliteration standard named name.
- --reverse, -r
- Transliterate in reverse direction.
NOTE: Not every transliteration is capable of being reversed. If
unsure, have a look at the list of supported transliterations using the
--list switch.
- --infile, -i FILE
- Read text from FILE. Defaults to STDIN.
- --outfile, -o FILE
- Write the transliterated text to FILE. Defaults to STDOUT.
- --list, -l
- Print a list of supported transliterations showing their
- •
- name
- •
- reversibility
- •
- description
- --verbose, -v
- Print verbose status messages to STDERR.
- --help, -h
- Show a short help text introducing command line switches only.
RESTRICTIONS¶
The input has to be UTF-8 encoded.
BUGS¶
None known.
Please report bugs to perl@lingua-systems.com.
SEE ALSO¶
Lingua::Translit, Lingua::Translit::Tables
AUTHORS¶
Alex Linke <alinke@lingua-systems.com>
Rona Linke <rlinke@lingua-systems.com>
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Alex Linke and Rona Linke
Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Lingua-Systems Software GmbH
This program is free software. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified
under the terms of either the GPL v2 or the Artistic license.
