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 code set. 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. For more information, see iconv(1).

Table 6–1 Korean iconv Code Conversion Modules (ko locale)


Easy Name `from-code`	Actual Name `from-code`	Easy Name `to-code`	Actual Name `to-code`
IBM CP933	ko_KR.cp933	UTF-8 (Unicode 3.2)	ko_KR-UTF-8
IBM CP933	ko_KR.cp933	UTF-8	UTF-8
ISO646	646	KS X 1001	5601
ISO2022–KR	ko_KR.iso2022-7	KS X 1001	ko_KR-euc
ISO2022–KR	ko_KR.iso2022-7	UTF-8 (Unicode 3.2)	ko_KR-UTF-8
ISO2022–KR	ko_KR.iso2022-7	UTF-8	UTF-8
KS X 1001	5601	UTF-8	UTF-8
KS X 1001	EUC-KR	UTF-8	UTF-8
KS X 1001	KSC5601	UTF-8	UTF-8
KS X 1001	ko_KR-euc	UTF-8 (Unicode 3.2)	ko_KR-UTF-8
KS X 1001	ko_KR-euc	UTF-8 (Unicode 3.2)	ko_KR-UTF-8
KS X 1001	ko_KR.EUC	UTF-8	UTF-8
KS X 1001	ko_KR-euc	KS X 1001	ko_KR-johap
KS X 1001	ko_KR-euc	KS X 1001	ko_KR-johap92
KS X 1001	ko_KR-euc	KS X 1001	ko_KR-nbyte
KS X 1001	ko_KR-nbyte	KS X 1001	ko_KR-euc
KS X 1001	ko_KR-johap92	UTF-8 (Unicode 3.2)	ko_KR-UTF-8
KS X 1001	ko_KR-johap92	KS X 1001	ko_KR-euc
UTF-8	UTF-8	KS X 1001	5601
UTF-8	UTF-8	KS X 1001	KS X 1001
UTF-8	UTF-8	KS X 1001	EUC-KR
UTF-8	UTF-8	KS X 1001	KSC5601
UTF-8	ko-KR-UTF-8	IBM CP933	ko_KR.cp933
UTF-8	UTF-8	IBM CP933	ko_KR.cp933
UTF-8	ko-KR-UTF-8	ISO2022-KR	ko_KR-iso2022-7
UTF-8	UTF-8	ISO2022-KR	ko_KR-iso2022-7
UTF-8	UTF-8	ISO2022-KR	ISO2022-KR
UTF-8	ko-KR-UTF-8	KS X 1001	ko_KR-johap
UTF-8	UTF-8	KS X 1001	ko_KR-johap
UTF-8	ko-KR-UTF-8	KS X 1001	ko_KR-johap92
UTF-8	UTF-8	KS X 1001	ko_KR-johap92
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
ILEG=KS X 1001	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 6–2 Common Korean iconv Code Conversion Modules (ko and ko.UTF-8 locales)


Easy Name `from-code`	Actual Name `from-code`	Easy Name `to-code`	Actual Name `to-code`
UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8	KS X 1001	ko_KR-euc
UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8	KS X 1001	ko_KR-euc
UTF-8	UTF-8	KS X 1001	ko_KR-euc
UTF-8	UTF-8	KS X 1001	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
Wansung	ko_KR-euc	UTF-8	UTF-8
Johap	ko_KR-johap92	UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8
Johap	ko_KR-johap92	UTF-8	UTF-8
Packed	ko_KR-johap	UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8
Packed	ko_KR-johap	UTF-8	UTF-8
ISO-2022-KR	ko_KR-iso2022-7	UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8
ISO-2022-KR	ko_KR-iso2022-7	UTF-8	UTF-8
UTF-8	ko_KR.UTF-8	Unified Hangul	ko_KR-cp949
UTF-8	UTF-8	Unified Hangul	ko_KR-cp949
Unified Hangul	ko_KR-cp949	UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8
Unified Hangul	ko_KR-cp949	UTF-8	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-8ko_euc_file > ko_UTF-8_file

For further information, see the iconv(3C), iconv_ko.UTF-8(5), and iconv_utf(5) man pages. You can use these utilities to convert files for printing.

The iconv Utility

The `iconv` Utility