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/usr/bin/preconv

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usage: /usr/bin/preconv [-dr] [-D fallback-encoding] [-e encoding] [file ...]
usage: /usr/bin/preconv {-v | --version}
usage: /usr/bin/preconv {-h | --help}

Read each file, convert its encoded characters to a form GNU troff(1)
can interpret, and send the result to the standard output stream.
The default fallback encoding is 'latin1'.  See the preconv(1) manual page.
Options (3)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h andman
-dEmit debugging messages to the standard error stream.man
-rWrite files “raw”;man
Exit status (3) from the manual page
0successful operation
2the program cannot interpret its command-line arguments
1it encounters an error during operation

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