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code page encoding and decoding allow for the transformation of text between different character sets, ensuring compatibility across diverse systems and applications. Encoding and decoding data between different code pages (character encodings) are crucial tasks in handling text data across different systems and applications. This process is used to transform characters into a specific format that can be easily transmitted or stored, and it is also used to convert back to a human-readable form.





In this form, you can encode text into various code pages or decode encoded text back to its original format. The most common options allow flexible encoding and decoding for different use cases, from transferring data between different operating systems to working with legacy file formats.





Key Features





    

  • Encode: Converts text into the selected code page encoding.
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  • Decode: Converts text encoded in the selected code page back to its original form.
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  • File Input and Output: Allows you to specify files to encode or decode and output to files.
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  • Code Page Selection: Choose from common encodings like UTF-8, ASCII, ISO-8859-1, and more.
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Common Code Page Options





    

  • -f <encoding>: Specify the source encoding for decoding.
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  • -t <encoding>: Specify the target encoding for encoding.
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  • -o <file>: Specify the output file for encoding or decoding results.
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  • -i <file>: Specify the input file to encode or decode.
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Examples of Code Page Commands





Encoding Examples:





    

  • Encode a simple text into UTF-8:
    > echo "Hello, World!" | iconv -f ascii -t utf-8 
    Output: Hello, World!
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  • Encode a file named document.txt into ISO-8859-1:
    > iconv -f utf-8 -t iso-8859-1 -i document.txt -o encoded_document.txt
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  • Encode text with a custom output file name:
    > echo "Some important data" | iconv -f utf-8 -t ascii -o output.txt
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Decoding Examples:





    

  • Decode UTF-8 encoded text into ASCII:
    > echo "Hello, World!" | iconv -f utf-8 -t ascii 
    Output: Hello, World!
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  • Decode a file from UTF-16 back to ASCII:
    > iconv -f utf-16 -t ascii -i encoded_file.txt -o decoded_file.txt
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  • Decode text from a custom code page:
    > echo "encoded text here" | iconv -f iso-8859-1 -t utf-8
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Output File for Decoding:





The form also includes an option to specify an output file for decoding, so you can easily save the results of your decoding operation to a new file.