---
name: "umap"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "libunicode-map8-perl"
version: "0.13+dfsg-5+b5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/umap"
---

# umap(1p)

map between different character sets

## NAME

umap - map between different character sets

## SYNOPSIS

```
 umap [options] <before>:<after>
```

## DESCRIPTION

The *umap* script acts as a filter between different encodings and character sets.

The following options are recognized:

- \--list \[charset\]

  Without argument list all character sets recognized.  With a specified character set list the mapping between this set and Unicode.

- \--strict

  Do the stict mapping between the character sets.  The default is to not translate unmapped character.  With *--stict* we will remove unmapped characters or use the default specified with *--def8* or *--def16*.

- \--def8=\<charcode\>

  Set the default 8-bit code for unmapped chars.

- \--def16=\<charcode\>

  Set the default 16-bit code for unmapped chars.

- \--verbose

  Generate more verbose output.

- \--version

  Print the version number of this program and quit.

- \--help

  Print the usage message.

## SEE ALSO

Unicode::String, Unicode::Map8, [**recode**(1)](/recode/1.md)

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 1998 Gisle Aas.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.