Manual: encguess

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NAME
       encguess - guess character encodings of files

VERSION
       $Id: encguess,v 0.4 2023/11/10 01:10:50 dankogai Exp $

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.

SEE ALSO
       Encode::Guess, Encode::Detect

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
       Artistic License (2.0). You may obtain a copy of the full license at:

       

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