---
name: "u2o"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "u2o"
version: "0.7-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/u2o"
---

# u2o(1)

USFM to OSIS XML converter

## NAME

u2o - USFM to OSIS XML converter

## DESCRIPTION

Convert USFM Bibles to OSIS.

## SYNOPSIS

usage: u2o \[-h\] \[-d\] \[-e encoding\] \[-o output\_file\] \[-l LANG\] \[-s {canonical,none}\] \[-v\] \[-x\] \[-n\] workid filename \[filename ...\]

### positional arguments:

- workid

  work id to use for OSIS file

- filename

  file or files to process (wildcards allowed)

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **-d**

  debug mode (default: False)

- **-e** encoding

  set encoding to use for USFM files (default: None)

- **-o** output\_file

  specify output file (default: None)

- **-l** LANG

  specify language code (default: und)

- **-s** {canonical,none}

  sort order (default: canonical)

- **-v**

  verbose output (default: False)

- **-x**

  disable OSIS validation and reformatting (default: False)

- **-n**

  disable unicode NFC normalization (default: False)