User Commands                                           LIBIDN(1)

NAME
     libidn - Internationalized Domain Names command line tool

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

DESCRIPTION
     libidn 0.5.1

  Purpose:
          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 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    profiles    are    `Nameprep',   `iSCSI',
          `Nodeprep', `Resourceprep', `trace', and `SASLprep'.

     --debug
          Print debugging information  (default=off)

     --quiet
          Silent operation  (default=off)

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

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWgnu-idn                 |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Uncommitted                 |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


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.