How to encode(convert) ANSI text to UTF-8

[JoonTae Park]

HP-UX 11.00
Any body who knows how to convert the encoding format ANSI text to UTF-8?

I need to extract data from Informix database and send it to other server in UTF-8 format.
But, current Informix does not support UNICODE and I have to convert this in manually.

What I know is to convert thru Windows notepad, but I want to do this in HP-UX box by shell script.

Please help me...

Thanks,
JT

[Mike Stroyan · Accepted solution]

You can use the iconv command to change code sets. I am not sure what you mean by "ANSI text". I would guess it is iso88591 or cp1252. The full list of supported code sets is in /usr/lib/nls/iconv/config.iconv .

iconv -f iso81 -t utf8 oldfile > newfile

[JoonTae Park]

Thanks for your help ^^