iconv

name: iconv description: Use this skill when the user needs to convert text between character encodings.

iconv Plugin

Convert text between character encodings. Supports UTF-8, Latin-1, ASCII, and hundreds of other character sets.

Commands

Encoding Conversion

• iconv encoding convert --from-code <src> --to-code <dst> [file] — Convert text encoding
• iconv encoding list — List all known character encodings
• iconv self version — Show iconv version info
• iconv _ _ <args> — Passthrough to iconv CLI

Usage Examples

• "Convert a UTF-16 file to UTF-8"
• "List all available character encodings"
• "Convert a Latin-1 file to ASCII"

Installation

# Pre-installed on most Linux/macOS systems
# If missing:
apt-get install libc-bin
supercli plugins install ./plugins/iconv --on-conflict replace --json

Examples

# Convert UTF-16LE to UTF-8
iconv -f UTF-16LE -t UTF-8 input.txt > output.txt

# Convert ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8
iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 input.txt

# List all supported encodings
iconv -l

# Convert stdin
echo "hello" | iconv -f ASCII -t UTF-8

# Strip invalid characters
iconv -f UTF-8 -t ASCII//IGNORE input.txt

Key Features

• Convert between hundreds of character encodings
• Supports stdin/stdout for pipe usage
• List available encodings
• Silent mode to suppress warnings
• Output redirection to file