6 Invoking jv-convert

jv-convert [OPTION] … [INPUTFILE [OUTPUTFILE]]

jv-convert is a utility included with libgcj which converts a file from one encoding to another. It is similar to the Unix iconv utility.

The encodings supported by jv-convert are platform-dependent. Currently there is no way to get a list of all supported encodings.

--encoding name

--from name

Use name as the input encoding. The default is the current locale’s encoding.

--to name

Use name as the output encoding. The default is the JavaSrc encoding; this is ASCII with ‘\u’ escapes for non-ASCII characters.

-i file

Read from file. The default is to read from standard input.

-o file

Write to file. The default is to write to standard output.

--reverse

Swap the input and output encodings.

--help

Print a help message, then exit.

--version

Print version information, then exit.