---
name: "native2ascii.kaffe"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kaffe-common"
version: "2:1.1.8-5.2"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/native2ascii.kaffe"
---

# native2ascii.kaffe(1)

Converts a file with native-encoded to one with unicode-encoded characters

## NAME

native2ascii - Converts a file with native-encoded to one with  unicode-encoded characters

## SYNOPSIS

**native2ascii** *\<options\> \[infile\] \[outfile\]*

## DESCRIPTION

**native2ascii** is a utility program which converts files containing other  character encodings into files with Latin-1 and / or Unicode-encoded  characters. If *outfile* is omitted, standard output is used for output.

## OPTION

- **-encoding** *encoding*

  Set the encoding to be used. If not provided the system  property *file.encoding* is used instead.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Wolfgang Baer \<WBaer@gmx.de\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).