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NAME
       encguess - guess character encodings of files

VERSION
       $Id: encguess,v 0.4 2023/11/10 01:10:50 dankogai Exp $

SYNOPSIS
	 encguess [switches] filename...

   SWITCHES
       -h
	 show this message and exit.

       -s
	 specify a list of "suspect encoding types" to test, separated by
	 either ":" or ","

       -S
	 output a list of all acceptable encoding types that can be used with
	 the -s param

       -u
	 suppress display of unidentified types

   EXAMPLES:
       • Guess encoding of a file named "test.txt", using only the default
	 suspect types.

	    encguess test.txt

       • Guess the encoding type of a file named "test.txt", using the suspect
	 types "euc-jp,shiftjis,7bit-jis".

	    encguess -s euc-jp,shiftjis,7bit-jis test.txt
	    encguess -s euc-jp:shiftjis:7bit-jis test.txt

       • Guess the encoding type of several files, do not display results for
	 unidentified files.

	    encguess -us euc-jp,shiftjis,7bit-jis test*.txt

DESCRIPTION
       The encoding identification is done by checking one encoding type at a
       time until all but the right type are eliminated. The set of encoding
       types to try is defined by the -s parameter and defaults to ascii, utf8
       and UTF-16/32 with BOM. This can be overridden by passing one or more
       encoding types via the -s parameter. If you need to pass in multiple
       suspect encoding types, use a quoted string with the a space separating
       each value.

SEE ALSO
       Encode::Guess, Encode::Detect

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2015 Michael LaGrasta and Dan Kogai.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the terms of the Artistic License (2.0). You may obtain a copy of
       the full license at:

       <http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0>

perl v5.42.0			  2025-07-13		       ENCGUESS(1perl)