manconv(1)

NAME

   manconv - convert manual page from one encoding to another

SYNOPSIS

   manconv -f from-code[:from-code...]  -t to-code [-dqhV] [filename]

DESCRIPTION

   manconv  converts  a  manual  page  from  one encoding to another, like
   iconv.  Unlike iconv, it can try multiple possible input  encodings  in
   sequence.   This  is  useful  for manual pages installed in directories
   without an explicit encoding declaration, since they may be in UTF-8 or
   in a legacy character set.

   If  an  encoding  declaration  is found on the first line of the manual
   page, that declaration  overrides  any  input  encodings  specified  on
   manconv's command line.  Encoding declarations have the following form:

          '\" -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-

   or (if manual page preprocessors are also to be declared):

          '\" t -*- coding: ISO-8859-1 -*-

OPTIONS

   -f encodings, --from-code encodings
          Try  each  of  encodings (a colon-separated list) in sequence as
          the input encoding.

   -t encoding, --to-code encoding
          Convert the manual page to encoding.

   -q, --quiet
          Do not issue error messages when the page cannot be converted.

   -d, --debug
          Print debugging information.

   -h, --help
          Print a help message and exit.

   -V, --version
          Display version information.

SEE ALSO

   iconv(1), man(1)

AUTHOR

   Colin Watson (cjwatson@debian.org).

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