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/usr/bin/ftfy

User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)

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usage: ftfy [-h] [-o OUTPUT] [-g] [-e ENCODING] [-n NORMALIZATION] [--preserve-entities]
            [filename]

ftfy (fixes text for you), version 6.3.1

positional arguments:
  filename              The file whose Unicode is to be fixed. Defaults to -, meaning standard
                        input.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        The file to output to. Defaults to -, meaning standard output.
  -g, --guess           Ask ftfy to guess the encoding of your input. This is risky. Overrides -e.
  -e ENCODING, --encoding ENCODING
                        The encoding of the input. Defaults to UTF-8.
  -n NORMALIZATION, --normalization NORMALIZATION
                        The normalization of Unicode to apply. Defaults to NFC. Can be "none".
  --preserve-entities   Leave HTML entities as they are. The default is to decode them, as long as
                        no HTML tags have appeared in the file.
Options (3)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpshow this help message and exithelp
-g, --guessAsk ftfy to guess the encoding of your input.help
--preserve-entitiesLeave HTML entities as they are.help

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