Iconv
| iconv | |
|---|---|
| Original author(s) | Hewlett-Packard |
| Developer(s) | Various open-source and commercial developers |
| Repository | https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/libiconv.git |
| Operating system | Unix, Unix-like, Microsoft Windows, IBM i |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Command |
| License | libiconv: LGPL iconv: GPL win-iconv: Public domain |
In Unix and Unix-like operating systems, iconv (an abbreviation of internationalization conversion) is a command-line program and a standardized application programming interface (API) used to convert between different character encodings. "It can convert from any of these encodings to any other, through Unicode conversion."