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iconv cannot convert from ASCII.. why?

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I have this file. If I open it in Total Commander with F3 and press S the proper content will be shown. I tried to do the same thing in bash with iconv: iconv -f ASCII -t UTF8 input.txt but I got this: iconv: illegal input sequence at position 0 If I do from CP850 or CP852: iconv -f CP850 -t UTF8 input.txt iconv -f CP852 -t UTF8 input.txt I will have some unwanted characters in the output: ̦ŮŢŮ How to have the requested content also in Linux Terminal? What encoding is used in Total Commander when it shows ASCII (DOS-charset)? Or is it a bug in iconv?
Asked by user3719454 (202 rep)
Apr 21, 2022, 10:06 AM
Last activity: Apr 21, 2022, 10:50 AM