luit
converts between terminal encoding and application encoding
TLDR
Run command with encoding conversion
$ luit -encoding [ISO-8859-1] [command]
Connect to remote with encoding$ luit -encoding [EUC-JP] ssh [host]
Force specific locale$ luit -encoding [GB2312] -x
List supported encodings$ luit -list
Run shell with encoding$ luit -encoding [KOI8-R]
SYNOPSIS
luit [options] [command]
DESCRIPTION
luit converts between terminal encoding and application encoding. It enables UTF-8 terminals to run legacy apps.
The tool acts as a filter between the terminal and the application, translating character encodings.
PARAMETERS
COMMAND
Command to run with encoding.-encoding ENC
Character encoding.-x
Exit on child termination.-list
List encodings.-g N
GL character set.--help
Display help information.
CAVEATS
X11 tool. May not handle all encodings. Complex legacy encoding support.
HISTORY
luit was created for XFree86/X.Org to handle encoding conversion for terminals running UTF-8.
