YAZ-ICONV(1) | Commands | YAZ-ICONV(1) |
NAME¶
yaz-iconv - YAZ Character set conversion utilitySYNOPSIS¶
yaz-iconv
[ -f from] [-t to]
[-v] [file...]
DESCRIPTION¶
OPTIONS¶
-f from]Specify the character set from of the
input file. Should be used in conjunction with option -t.
-t to]
Specify the character set of of the
output. Should be used in conjunction with option -f.
-v
Print more information about the conversion
process.
ENCODINGS¶
The yaz-iconv command and the API as defined in yaz/yaz-iconv.h is a wrapper for the library system call iconv. But YAZ' iconv utility also implements conversions on its own. The table below lists characters sets (or encodings). that are supported by YAZ. Each character set is marked with either encode or decode. If an encoding is encode-enabled YAZ may convert to to the designated encoding. If an encoding is decode-enabled, YAZ may convert from the designated encoding. marc8 (encode, decode)The MARC8[1] encoding as defined by the
Library of Congress. Most MARC21/USMARC records usees this encoding.
marc8s (encode, decode)
Like MARC8 but with conversion prefers
non-combined characters in the Latin-1 plane over combined characters.
marc8lossy (encode)
Lossy encoding of MARC-8.
marc8lossless (encode)
Lossless encoding of MARC8.
utf8 (encode, decode)
The most commonly used UNICODE encoding on the
Internet.
iso8859-1 (encode, decode)
ISO-8859-1, AKA Latin-1.
iso5426 (decode)
ISO 5426. Some MARC records (UNIMARC) uses
this encoding.
iso5428:1984 (encode, decode)
ISO 5428:1984.
advancegreek (encode, decode)
An encoding for Greek used by some vendors
(Advance).
danmarc (decode)
EXAMPLES¶
The following command converts from ISO-8859-1 (Latin-1) to UTF-8.yaz-iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 -X <input.lst >output.lst
FILES¶
SEE ALSO¶
yaz(7) iconv(1)NOTES¶
- 1.
- MARC8
- 2.
- Danmarc (in danish)
04/16/2012 | YAZ 4.2.30 |