NAME¶

isutf8 - check whether files are valid UTF-8

SYNOPSIS¶

isutf8
[ -hq] [--help] [--quiet] [file...]

DESCRIPTION¶

isutf8 checks whether files are syntactically valid UTF-8. Input is either files named on the command line, or the standard input. Notices about files with invalid UTF-8 are printed to standard output.

OPTIONS¶

-h, --help

Print out a help summary.

-q, --quiet

Don't print messages telling which files are invalid UTF-8, merely indicate it with the exit status.

EXIT STATUS¶

If the file is valid UTF-8, the exit status is zero. If the file is not valid UTF-8, or there is some error, the exit status is non-zero.

AUTHOR¶

Lars Wirzenius

SEE ALSO¶

utf8(7)