Another couple uconv examples I find useful.

Always hard to remember and look up, so worth listing here.
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- For binary diffs (delta compression), use `xdelta3`. - For binary diffs (delta compression), use `xdelta3`.
- To convert text encodings, try `iconv`. Or `uconv` for more advanced use; it supports some advanced Unicode things. For example, this command lowercases and removes all accents (by expanding and dropping them): - To convert text encodings, try `iconv`. Or `uconv` for more advanced use; it supports some advanced Unicode things. For example:
```sh ```sh
uconv -f utf-8 -t utf-8 -x '::Any-Lower; ::Any-NFD; [:Nonspacing Mark:] >; ::Any-NFC; ' < input.txt > output.txt # Displays hex codes or actual names of characters (useful for debugging):
uconv -f utf-8 -t utf-8 -x '::Any-Hex;' < input.txt
uconv -f utf-8 -t utf-8 -x '::Any-Name;' < input.txt
# Lowercase and removes all accents (by expanding and dropping them):
uconv -f utf-8 -t utf-8 -x '::Any-Lower; ::Any-NFD; [:Nonspacing Mark:] >; ::Any-NFC;' < input.txt > output.txt
``` ```
- To split files into pieces, see `split` (to split by size) and `csplit` (to split by a pattern). - To split files into pieces, see `split` (to split by size) and `csplit` (to split by a pattern).