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/usr/bin/genbrk

International Components for Unicode library

From icu 79.1-r2 (os), captured 2026-11-10 by running genbrk --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: /usr/bin/genbrk [-v] [-options] -r rule-file -o output-file
	Read in break iteration rules text and write out the binary data.
	If the rule file does not have a Unicode signature byte sequence, it is assumed
	to be UTF-8.
options:
	-h or -? or --help  this usage text
	-V or --version     show a version message
	-c or --copyright   include a copyright notice
	-v or --verbose     turn on verbose output
	-q or --quiet       do not display warnings and progress
	-i or --icudatadir  directory for locating any needed intermediate data files,
	                    followed by path, defaults to /usr/share/icu/79.1
	-d or --destdir     destination directory, followed by the path
Options (9)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, -?, --helpPrint help about usage and exit.help + man
-V, --versionPrint the version of genbrk and exit.help + man
-c, --copyrightEmbeds the standard ICU copyright into the output-file.help + man
-v, --verboseDisplay extra informative messages during execution.help + man
-q, --quietdo not display warnings and progresshelp
-i, --icudatadir directorydirectory for locating any needed intermediate data files, followed by path, defaults to /usr/share/icu/79.1help + man
-d, --destdir destinationSet the destination directory of the output-file to destination.help + man
-r, --rules rule-fileThe source file to read. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
-o, --out output-fileThe output data file to write. (in the manual page but not in --help)man

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