Korean Solaris User's Guide

The `iconv` Utility

The iconv command converts the characters or sequences of characters in a file from one code set to another and writes the results to standard output. Korean Solaris software includes special filters for the iconv command.

If no conversion exists for a particular character, it is converted to the underscore "_" in the target codeset. The following options are supported:

-f from code - Symbol of the input code set.
-t to code - Symbol of the output code set.

The following code set conversion modules are supported in Korean Solaris software:

Table 5-1 Korean iconv Code Conversion Modules (ko locale)


Code	Symbol	Target Code	Symbol
Wansung	ko_KR-euc	Johap	ko_KR-johap92
Wansung	ko_KR-euc	Packed	ko_KR-johap
Wansung	ko_KR-euc	N-Byte	ko_KR-nbyte
Wansung	ko_KR-euc	ISO-2022-KR	ko_KR-iso2022-7
Johap	ko_KR-johap92	Wansung	ko_KR-euc
Packed	ko_KR-johap	Wansung	ko_KR-euc
N-Byte	ko_KR-nbyte	Wansung	ko_KR-euc
ISO-2022-KR	ko_KR-iso2022-7	Wansung	ko_KR-euc

The following modules perform character-based code conversion on the KS C 5700 character set. They convert KSC 5700 characters between Korean UTF-8, Completion code (Wansung), and Combination code (Johap).

Table 5-2 Common Korean iconv Code Conversion Modules (ko and ko.UTF-8 locales)


Code	Symbol	Target Code	Symbol
UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8	Wansung	ko_KR-euc
UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8	Johap	ko_KR-johap92
UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8	Packed	ko_KR-johap
UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8	ISO-2022-KR	ko_KR-iso2022-7
Wansung	ko_KR-euc	UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8
Johap	ko_KR-johap92	UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8
Packed	ko_KR-johap	UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8
ISO-2022-KR	ko_KR-iso2022-7 UTF-8	UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8
UTF-8	ko_KR.UTF-8	Unified Hangul	ko_KR-cp949
Unified Hangul	ko_KR-cp949	UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8

In the following example, a KS C 5601 file (Korean EUC) is converted to KS C 5700 (ko.UTF-8):

system% iconv -f ko_KR-euc -t ko_KR-UTF-8 ko_euc_file > ko_UTF-8_file

For further information, see the iconv(3), iconv_ko.UTF-8(5), and iconv_utf(5) man pages. These utilities can be used for converting files for printing. See Korean Solaris System Administrator's Guide for more information.

The iconv Utility

The `iconv` Utility