---
name: "txtconv"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "teckit"
version: "2.5.12+ds1-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/txtconv"
---

# txtconv(1)

A tool to apply TECkit mappings to convert the encoding of a plain text file

## NAME

txtconv - A tool to apply TECkit mappings to convert the encoding of a plain text file

## SYNOPSIS

**txtconv** *-i inFile -o outFile* \[*-t tecFile*\] \[*-r*\] \[*-if inForm*\] \[*-of outForm*\] \[*-nobom*\] \[*-nf*\[*cd*\]\] \[*-u n*\]

## OPTIONS

**Required arguments:**

- **-i** \<file\>

  input file

- **-o** \<file\>

  output file

**Optional arguments:**

- **-t** \<file\>

  compiled TECkit mapping (.tec) file

- **-r**

  reverse (RHS-\>LHS, or Unicode-\>Byte) mapping

- **-if** \<form\>

  input encoding form

- **-of** \<form\>

  output encoding form

- **-nobom**

  don't write a BOM to Unicode output

- **-nf\[cd\]**

  apply NFC or NFD normalization to Unicode output

- **-u** \<n\>

  handling of unmappable input:

-

  • 0 = use replacement character .IP • 1 = use replacement but generate warning .IP • 2 = stop conversion

**Encoding forms:**

-

  bytes utf8 utf16be utf16le utf16 utf32be utf32le utf32

## Further Information

For further information see the document TECkit\_Tools.pdf. On a Debian system, this can be found in /usr/share/doc/teckit.