http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517595 User ke@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517595#c4 Karl Eichwalder <ke@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |ke@novell.com --- Comment #4 from Karl Eichwalder <ke@novell.com> 2009-07-13 06:42:23 MDT --- Here is how you can do this with the external iconv command: If you want to ensure that it is all ASCII, convert back and forth using iconv: iconv -f UTF-8 -t ASCII | iconv -f ASCII -t UTF-8 If you are interested in filtering out resp. replacing "funny" chars, use iconv: echo “help™” | LANG=en_US iconv -f UTF-8 -t ascii//translit ==> "help(TM)" For foreign texts: echo “hülfe™” | LANG=de_DE iconv -f UTF-8 -t ascii//translit ==> "huelfe(TM)" Using the library is probably possible, too. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.