NAME
unaccent - remove accents from input stream or a string
SYNOPSIS
unaccent [--debug_low] [--debug_high] [-h] charset [string] [expected]
DESCRIPTION
With a single argument, unaccent reads data from stdin, replaces
accented letters by their unaccented equivalent and writes the result
on stdout. If the second argument (’string’) is provided unaccent
transforms it by replacing accented letters by their unaccented
equivalent. The result is printed on the standard output. The charset
of the input string or the data read from stdin is specified by the
’charset’ argument (ISO-8859-15 for instance). The output is printed
using the same charset.
If the ’expected’ argument is provided, the output string is compared
to it. If they are not equal unaccent exits on error.
unaccent relies on the iconv(3) library to convert from the specified
charset to UTF-16BE (or UTF-16 if UTF-16BE is not available). You
should check the manual pages for available charsets. On GNU/Linux the
command
iconv -l
shows all available charsets.
OPTIONS
--debug_low
Prints human readable information about the unaccentuation
process. See unac(3) for more information.
--debug_high
Prints very detailed information about the unaccentuation
process. See unac(3) for more information.
--help -h
Prints a short usage and exits.
EXAMPLES
Remove accents from the string été and check that the result is ete.
unaccent ISO-8859-1 été ete
Remove accents from file myfile and put the result in file
myfile.unaccent
unaccent ISO-8859-1 < myfile > myfile.unaccent
SEE ALSO
unac(3), iconv(3)
AUTHOR
Loic Dachary loic@senga.org
http://www.senga.org/unac/
local unaccent(1)