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/usr/bin/chardetect

Executable binaries for chardet installed for python3.11

From py3.11-chardet-bin 7.0.0-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running chardetect --help (exit 0). permalink

usage: chardetect [-h] [--minimal]
                  [-e {modern_web,legacy_iso,legacy_mac,legacy_regional,dos,mainframe,all}]
                  [--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
  -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
  --version             show program's version number and exit
Options (3)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpshow this help message and exithelp
--minimalOutput only the encoding namehelp
--versionshow program's version number and exithelp

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