usage: chardetect [-h] [--minimal] [-l]
                  [-e {modern_web,legacy_iso,legacy_mac,legacy_regional,dos,mainframe,all}]
                  [-i INCLUDE_ENCODINGS] [-x EXCLUDE_ENCODINGS]
                  [--no-match-encoding NO_MATCH_ENCODING]
                  [--empty-input-encoding EMPTY_INPUT_ENCODING] [--version]
                  [files ...]

Detect character encoding of files.

positional arguments:
  files                 Files to detect encoding of

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --minimal             Output only the encoding name
  -l, --language        Include detected language in output
  -e {modern_web,legacy_iso,legacy_mac,legacy_regional,dos,mainframe,all}, --encoding-era {modern_web,legacy_iso,legacy_mac,legacy_regional,dos,mainframe,all}
                        Encoding era filter
  -i INCLUDE_ENCODINGS, --include-encodings INCLUDE_ENCODINGS
                        Comma-separated list of encodings to consider
  -x EXCLUDE_ENCODINGS, --exclude-encodings EXCLUDE_ENCODINGS
                        Comma-separated list of encodings to exclude
  --no-match-encoding NO_MATCH_ENCODING
                        Encoding to return when detection is inconclusive (default: cp1252)
  --empty-input-encoding EMPTY_INPUT_ENCODING
                        Encoding to return for empty input (default: utf-8)
  --version             show program's version number and exit