--- name: "encguess" section: "1" platform: "linux" package: "perl" version: "5.40.1-6+deb13u1" release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)" platforms: ["linux", "openbsd"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/encguess" --- # encguess(1) guess character encodings of files ## 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: \