---
name: "make_encmap"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libxml-encoding-perl"
version: "2.07-2"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/make_encmap"
---

# make\_encmap(1)

create an XML representation from an Unicode mapping file

## NAME

make\_encmap - create an XML representation from an Unicode mapping file

## SYNOPSIS

**make\_encmap** *name* *file*

## DESCRIPTION

**make\_encmap** creates a XML encmap file with a given name from an Unicode mapping file, received e.g. from *ftp://ftp.unicode.org*. The result by default is output to *stdout*.

## OPTIONS

There are no options you can use.

## EXAMPLES

The following example shows the usage of **make\_encmap** for the ISO/IEC 8859-15 table.

    **wget ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/ISO8859/8859-15.TXT**\
     **make\_encmap 8859-15 8859-15.TXT \> 8859-15.encmap**

## SEE ALSO

[*compile\_encoding*(1)](/compile_encoding/1.md), [*XML::Encoding*(3pm)](/XML::Encoding/3pm.md)

## AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Daniel Leidert \<daniel.leidert@wgdd.de\> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).