---
name: "make_encmap"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "libxml-encoding-perl"
version: "2.11-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/make_encmap/1p"
---

# make\_encmap(1p)

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*.

## ARGUMENTS

- \<name\>

  The name to set in the XML encmap file created.

- \<file\>

  The Unicode mapping file to create the XML encmap file from.

## OPTIONS

*None*.

## 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 E<gt> 8859-15.encmap
```

## EXIT STATUS

```
    0   The script exited normally.
    2   Invalid command-line arguments.
    >2  An error occurred.
```

## KNOWN BUGS

*None*.

## SEE ALSO

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

## AUTHOR

Clark Cooper \<coopercc@netheaven.com \<mailto:coopercc@netheaven.com\>\>.

Steve Hay \<shay@cpan.org \<mailto:shay@cpan.org\>\> is now maintaining XML::Encoding as of version 2.00.

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

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1998 Clark Cooper.  All rights reserved. Copyright (C) 2008-2009, 2014 Steve Hay.  All rights reserved.

## LICENCE

This script is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, i.e. under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in the *LICENCE* file.

## VERSION

Version 2.11

## DATE

08 Dec 2020

## HISTORY

See the *Changes* file.