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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
     -hshow this message and exit.

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

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

     -usuppress 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 encod-
     ing 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 un-
     der 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>

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