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NAME
     idn - Internationalized Domain Names command line tool

SYNOPSIS
     idn [OPTION]... [STRINGS]...

DESCRIPTION
     Internationalized Domain  Name  (IDN)  convert  STRINGS,  or
     standard input.

     Command line interface to the internationalized domain  name
     library.

     All strings are expected to  be  encoded  in  the  preferred
     charset used by your locale.  Use `--debug' to find out what
     this charset is.  You can override the charset used by  set-
     ting 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'.

     Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for  short
     options too.

     -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 mode)

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

     --allow-unassigned
          Toggle IDNA AllowUnassigned flag

     --usestd3asciirules
          Toggle IDNA UseSTD3ASCIRules flag




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     -t, --tld
          Check  string  for  TLD   specific   rules   Only   for
          --idna-to-ascii and --idna-to-unicode

     -n, --nfkc
          Normalize string according to Unicode v3.2 NFKC

     -p, --profile=STRING
          Use  specified   stringprep   profile   instead   Valid
          stringprep  profiles:  `Nameprep', `iSCSI', `Nodeprep',
          `Resourceprep', `trace', `SASLprep'

     --debug
          Print debugging information

     --quiet
          Silent operation

AUTHOR
     Written by Simon Josefsson.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright O 2008 Simon Josefsson.  License GPLv3]:  GNU  GPL
     version 3 or later 
     This is free software: you are free to change and  redistri-
     bute  it.   There is NO WARANTY, to the extent permitted by
     law.

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

          info idn

     should give you access to the complete manual.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:












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       ATRIBUTE TYPE     ATRIBUTE VALUE
    
     Availability         SUNWlibidn     
    
     Interface Stability  Uncommitted    
    

NOTES
     Source for LibIDN is available on http:/opensolaris.org.













































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