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NAME
       libidn - Internationalized Domain Names command line tool

SYNOPSIS
       libidn [OPTIONS]... [STRINGS]...

DESCRIPTION
       libidn 0.5.6

   Purpose:
	      Command  line  interface	to  the internationalized domain name
	      library.	All strings are expected to be encoded	in  the	 pre-
	      ferred  charset used by your locale.  Use '--debug' to find out
	      what this charset is.  You can override  the  charset  used  by
	      setting environment variable CHARSET.  To process a string that
	      starts with '-', for example '-foo', use '--' to signal the end
	      of parameters, as in 'idn --quiet -a -- -foo'.

       -h, --help
	      Print help and exit

       -V, --version
	      Print version and exit

       -s, --stringprep
	      Prepare string according to nameprep profile

       -d, --punycode-decode
	      Decode Punycode

       -e, --punycode-encode
	      Encode Punycode

       -a, --idna-to-ascii
	      Convert to ACE according to IDNA (default)

       -u, --idna-to-unicode
	      Convert from ACE according to IDNA

       --allow-unassigned
	      Toggle IDNA AllowUnassigned flag	(default=off)

       --usestd3asciirules
	      Toggle IDNA UseSTD3ASCIIRules flag  (default=off)

       -t, --tld
	      Check  string  for  TLD specific rules Only for --idna-to-ascii
	      and --idna-to-unicode (default=on)

       -p, --profile=STRING
	      Use specified stringprep profile instead Valid stringprep	 pro-
	      files  are  'Nameprep',  'iSCSI',	 'Nodeprep',  'Resourceprep',
	      'trace', and 'SASLprep'.

       --debug
	      Print debugging information  (default=off)

       --quiet
	      Silent operation	(default=off)

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for libidn is maintained as a  Texinfo  manual.
       If  the	info and libidn programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command

	      info libidn

       should give you access to the complete manual.



libidn 0.5.6			 October 2004			    LIBIDN(1)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. strings
2. find
3. as
4. at
5. info