# Uconv

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In [computing](/source/computing), '''uconv''' is a command-line tool that is bundled with [International Components for Unicode](/source/International_Components_for_Unicode) that converts text files between different [character encoding](/source/character_encoding)s. It is very similar to the ''[iconv](/source/iconv)'' command that is part of the [Single UNIX Specification](/source/Single_UNIX_Specification) which is usually implemented using libiconv. In fact the command line options for transcoding are the same.<ref>{{Cite web
| title = uconv(1)
| first = Jonas
| last = Utterstroem
| first2 = Yves
| last2 = Arrouye
| work = Linux man page
| date = 2005
| access-date = 9 September 2018
| url = https://linux.die.net/man/1/uconv
| quote = 
}}</ref> The command ''uconv'' can also convert to and from [various Unicode normalization forms](/source/Unicode_equivalence). 

There is also an alternative implementation written in [Ruby](/source/Ruby_programming_language). It was written to supplement support of Japanese encoding in Ruby's XML Parser.<ref>[https://www.yoshidam.net/Ruby.html#uconv Ruby bindings]</ref>

==See also==
* {{anl|iconv}}
* {{anl|International Components for Unicode}}

==References==
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Category:Unix text processing utilities
Category:Ruby (programming language)
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