CJKV Information Processing, 2nd Edition

Code-Processing Tools

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both input and output. It can also display a file's input code, repair

damaged Old- or New-JIS files, and display the specifications for any of the

handled codes.

Options include:

-c Displays the detected input code, then exits -- the types

reported include EUC, Shift-JIS, New-JIS, Old-JIS, NEC-JIS, ASCII

(no Japanese), ambiguous (Shift-JIS or EUC), and unknown (note

that this option overrides "-iCODE")

-f Converts half-width katakana to their full-width equivalents (this

option is forced when output code is New-, Old-, or NEC-JIS)

-h Displays this help page, then exits

-iCODE Forces input code to be recognized as CODE

-o[CODE] Output code set to CODE (default is Shift-JIS if this option is

not specified, or if the specified CODE is invalid)

-r[CODE] Repairs damaged New- and Old-JIS encoded files by restoring lost

escape characters, then converts it to the CODE specified (the

default is to convert the file to New-JIS if CODE is not

specified -- cannot be used in conjunction with "-s")

-s[f] Removes escape characters from valid escape sequences of New- and

Old-JIS encoded files -- "f" will force all escape characters

to be removed (default extension is .rem -- cannot be used in

conjunction with "-r")

-t[CODE] Prints a table listing the specifications for the specified CODE,

then exits (all code tables will be displayed if CODE is not

specified, or if CODE ...