Unicode Conversion (Conversion from Unicode) command

You can carry out Code Conversion from Unicode (UTF16) to SHIFT-JIS (ASCII code).

Syntax for the Unicode Conversion (Conversion from Unicode) command

utlchgunicode  -infile filename  -outfile filename [-r] [-o] 
               {-s [-co[-d][-dc defaultchar]]}

Explanation of the parameters

-infile filename

Specify the conversion source file name (Mandatory)

Specify the conversion source file name with a full path within 256 bytes.

-outfile filename

Specify the conversion destination file name (Mandatory)

Specify the conversion destination file name with a full path within 256 bytes.

-r

Specify whether to overwrite the file (Optional)

If the specified conversion destination file already exists, HULFT overwrites it. If omitted, a new file is created. If a file with the same name already exists, HULFT returns an error.

-o

Specify whether to use the OEM code page (Optional)

If specified, HULFT uses the OEM code page.

-s

Specify the conversion from Unicode to SHIFT-JIS (Mandatory)

Specify this parameter to convert the file from SHIFT-JIS to Unicode.

-co

Specify whether to carry out conversion to pre-composed characters (Optional)

This parameter converts a composite character to a pre-composed character.

-d

Specify for HULFT to ignore nonspacing characters (Optional)

This parameter specifies for HULFT to ignore non-spacing characters which follow after base characters without a non-spacing character at the time of conversion to SHIFT-JIS.

-dc defaultchar

Specify the default character (Optional)

This parameter specifies a substitute character for a character that cannot be converted during conversion from Unicode to SHIFT-JIS.