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syntax: markdown
tags: [tldr, common]
source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
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# enca
> Detect and convert the encoding of text files.
> More information: <https://manned.org/enca>.
- Detect file(s) encoding according to the system's locale:
`enca {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}`
- Detect file(s) encoding specifying a language in the POSIX/C locale format (e.g. zh_CN, en_US):
`enca {{[-L|--language]}} {{language}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}`
- Convert file(s) to a specific encoding:
`enca {{[-L|--language]}} {{language}} {{[-x|--convert-to]}} {{to_encoding}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}`
- Create a copy of an existing file using a different encoding:
`enca < {{original_file}} {{[-L|--language]}} {{language}} {{[-x|--convert-to]}} {{to_encoding}} > {{new_file}}`