Package: libc6 Version: 2.3.2.ds1-22 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/bin/iconv Tags: upstream
-c is nice, but it would be nice to know just how many illegal characters were invalid characters were omitted from the output. --verbose won't say, but should. $ iconv -f gb2312 -t big5 gdxw08.htm | wc -c iconv: illegal input sequence at position 906 906 $ iconv -f gb2312 -t big5 -c gdxw08.htm | wc -c - gdxw08.htm 4585 - 4585 gdxw08.htm 9170 total The man page said "Omit invalid characters from output", well maybe it should say more, like "just send the character it can't deal with through to the output unconverted". Or better yet, give the user the choice of deleting them, sending them through, or redirecting them, etc. Greater still would be an option to "mark unconvertible characters with @--> <--@ [or customizable]" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]