---
name: "arabic2trans"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "duali"
version: "0.2.0-1.2"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/arabic2trans"
---

# arabic2trans(1)

convert a character set encoded Arabic file to a Buckwalter transliterated file.

## NAME

trans2arabic - convert a character set encoded Arabic file to a Buckwalter transliterated file.

## SYNOPSIS

**arabic2trans** -f filename *\[OPTIONS\]*

## DESCRIPTION

This utility will convert a file encoded in UTF-8 or CP1256 to a Buckwalter transliterated file. The default encoding is set to the UTF-8 (as it should  always be!). It should be noted that the Windows CP-1256 encoding is often  insufficient to convert some of the transliterations. It is therefore advised  to only use UTF-8 encoding.

This is part of Duali.

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-V, --version**

  Show program version.

- **-f, --file= filename**

  Input UTF-8 or CP1256 encoded file

- **-c, --charset ENCODING**

  Select encoding (utf-8 or cp-1256)

## AUTHOR

This manual page is written by Mohammed Elzubeir \<elzubeir@arabeyes.org\>.