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27 <refentry>
28 <refentryinfo>
29 <authorgroup>
30 <author>
31 <firstname>Lars</firstname>
32 <surname>Wirzenius</surname>
33 <email>liw@iki.fi</email>
34 </author>
35 <author>
36 <firstname>Julien</firstname>
37 <surname>Palard</surname>
38 <email>julien@palard.fr</email>
39 </author>
40 </authorgroup>
41 </refentryinfo>
43 <refmeta>
44 <refentrytitle>isutf8</refentrytitle>
45 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
46 <refmiscinfo class="manual">moreutils</refmiscinfo>
47 <refmiscinfo class="source">moreutils</refmiscinfo>
48 </refmeta>
50 <refnamediv>
51 <refname>isutf8</refname>
52 <refpurpose>check whether files are valid UTF-8</refpurpose>
53 </refnamediv>
55 <refsynopsisdiv>
56 <cmdsynopsis>
57 <command>isutf8</command>
58 <arg><option>-hqliv</option></arg>
59 <arg><option>--help</option></arg>
60 <arg><option>--quiet</option></arg>
61 <arg><option>--list</option></arg>
62 <arg><option>--invert</option></arg>
63 <arg><option>--verbose</option></arg>
64 <group choice="opt">
65 <arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
66 </group>
67 </cmdsynopsis>
68 </refsynopsisdiv>
70 <refsect1>
71 <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
73 <para><command>isutf8</command> checks whether files are
74 syntactically valid UTF-8. Input is either files named on the
75 command line, or the standard input. Notices about files with
76 invalid UTF-8 are printed to standard output.</para>
78 </refsect1>
80 <refsect1>
81 <title>OPTIONS</title>
83 <variablelist>
85 <varlistentry>
86 <term><option>-h</option></term>
87 <term><option>--help</option></term>
88 <listitem>
89 <para>Print out a help summary.</para>
90 </listitem>
91 </varlistentry>
93 <varlistentry>
94 <term><option>-q</option></term>
95 <term><option>--quiet</option></term>
96 <listitem>
97 <para>Don't print messages telling which files are
98 invalid UTF-8, merely indicate it with the exit
99 status.</para>
100 </listitem>
101 </varlistentry>
103 <varlistentry>
104 <term><option>-l</option></term>
105 <term><option>--list</option></term>
106 <listitem>
107 <para>Print only the names of files containing invalid
108 UTF-8.</para>
109 </listitem>
110 </varlistentry>
112 <varlistentry>
113 <term><option>-i</option></term>
114 <term><option>--invert</option></term>
115 <listitem>
116 <para>Invert the selection: list UTF-8 compatible
117 files.</para>
118 </listitem>
119 </varlistentry>
121 <varlistentry>
122 <term><option>-v</option></term>
123 <term><option>--verbose</option></term>
124 <listitem>
125 <para>Also print an hexdump-like view of the error and some
126 context.</para>
127 </listitem>
128 </varlistentry>
130 </variablelist>
132 </refsect1>
134 <refsect1>
135 <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
137 <para>If the file is valid UTF-8, the exit status is zero.
138 If the file is not valid UTF-8, or there is some
139 error, the exit status is non-zero.</para>
141 </refsect1>
143 <refsect1>
144 <title>AUTHOR</title>
146 <para>
147 Lars Wirzenius, Julien Palard
148 </para>
149 </refsect1>
151 <refsect1>
152 <title>SEE ALSO</title>
154 <para>
155 <citerefentry>
156 <refentrytitle>utf8</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
157 </citerefentry>
158 </para>
160 </refsect1>
161 </refentry>