.TH ExplicateUTF8 1 "December, 2003"
.SH NAME
ExplicateUTF8 \- Explain the status of a sequence of bytes as a UTF8 encoding
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ExplicateUTF8 ((-o <byte offset>) <file name>)
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I ExplicateUTF8
examines its input and determines whether it begins with a valid UTF8 Unicode
sequence. If the sequence is invalid, it explains why. If the sequence is valid,
it explains why the sequence is valid, gives the equivalent UTF-32 code, and
explains how this value was computed.
.PP
If no input file name is supplied,
.I ExplicateUTF8
reads from the standard input.
.SH COMMAND LINE FLAGS
.br
.IP "-h"
Print usage message.
.IP "-o <byte offset>"
Skip the first <byte offset> bytes of the input.
.IP "-v"
Print version information.
.SH REFERENCES
Unicode Standard, version 4.1
.SH AUTHOR
Bill Poser
.br
billposer@alum.mit.edu
.SH LICENSE
GNU General Public License