YAZ-ICONV(1) Commands YAZ-ICONV(1) NAME yaz-iconv - YAZ Character set conversion utility SYNOPSIS yaz-iconv [-f from] [-t to] [-v] [file...] DESCRIPTION yaz-iconv converts data in the character set specified by from to output in the character set as specified by to. This yaz-iconv utility is similar to the iconv found on many POSIX systems (Glibc, Solaris, etc). If no file is specified, yaz-iconv reads from standard input. OPTIONS -ffrom] Specify the character set from of the input file. Should be used in conjunction with option -t. -tto] Specify the character set of of the output. Should be used in conjunc- tion with option -f. -v Print more information about the conversion process. ENCODINGS The yaz-iconv command and the API as defined in yaz/yaz-iconv.h is a wrap- per for the library system call iconv. But YAZ' iconv utility also imple- ments conversions on its own. The table below lists characters sets (or en- codings) that are supported by YAZ. Each character set is marked with ei- ther encode or decode. If an encoding is encode-enabled, YAZ may convert to the designated encoding. If an encoding is decode-enabled, YAZ may convert from the designated encoding. marc8 (encode, decode) The MARC8[1] encoding as defined by the Library of Congress. Most MARC21/USMARC records use this encoding. marc8s (encode, decode) Like MARC8 but conversion prefers non-combined characters in the Latin-1 plane over combined characters. marc8lossy (encode) Lossy encoding of MARC-8. marc8lossless (encode) Lossless encoding of MARC8. utf8 (encode, decode) The most commonly used UNICODE encoding on the Internet. iso8859-1 (encode, decode) ISO-8859-1, AKA Latin-1. iso5426 (decode) ISO 5426. Some MARC records (UNIMARC) use this encoding. iso5428:1984 (encode, decode) ISO 5428:1984. advancegreek (encode, decode) An encoding for Greek in use by some vendors (Advance). danmarc (decode) Danmarc (in danish)[2] is an encoding based on UNICODE which is used for DanMARC2 records. EXAMPLES The following command converts from ISO-8859-1 (Latin-1) to UTF-8. yaz-iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 <input.lst >output.lst FILES prefix/bin/yaz-iconv prefix/include/yaz/yaz-iconv.h SEE ALSO yaz(7) iconv(1) AUTHORS Index Data NOTES 1. MARC8 https://www.loc.gov/marc/specifications/speccharmarc8.html 2. Danmarc (in danish) http://www.kat-format.dk/danMARC2/Danmarc2.4.htm YAZ 5.35.0 04/10/2025 YAZ-ICONV(1)
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