manconv(1) — Linux manual page

MANCONV(1)                  Manual pager utils                 MANCONV(1)

NAME         top

       manconv - convert manual page from one encoding to another

SYNOPSIS         top

       manconv -f [from-code[:from-code...]] -t to-code [-dqhV]
       [filename]

DESCRIPTION         top

       manconv converts a manual page from one encoding to another, like
       iconv.  Unlike iconv, it can try multiple possible input encodings
       in sequence.  This is useful for manual pages installed in
       directories without an explicit encoding declaration, since they
       may be in UTF-8 or in a legacy character set.

       If an encoding declaration is found on the first line of the
       manual page, that declaration overrides any input encodings
       specified on manconv's command line.  Encoding declarations have
       the following form:

              '\" -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-

       or (if manual page preprocessors are also to be declared):

              '\" t -*- coding: ISO-8859-1 -*-

OPTIONS         top

       -f encodings, --from-code encodings
              Try each of encodings (a colon-separated list) in sequence
              as the input encoding.  The default is to guess likely
              input encodings based on the file name.

       -t encoding, --to-code encoding
              Convert the manual page to encoding.

       -q, --quiet
              Do not issue error messages when the page cannot be
              converted.

       -d, --debug
              Print debugging information.

       -h, --help
              Print a help message and exit.

       -V, --version
              Display version information.

SEE ALSO         top

       iconv(1), man(1), man-recode(1)

AUTHOR         top

       Colin Watson ([email protected]).

BUGS         top

       https://gitlab.com/man-db/man-db/-/issues
       https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=man-db

COLOPHON         top

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2.13.1                          2025-05-02                     MANCONV(1)

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