luit

converts between terminal encoding and application encoding

TLDR

Run command with encoding conversion

$ luit -encoding [ISO-8859-1] [command]

Connect to remote with encoding

$ luit -encoding [EUC-JP] ssh [host]

Force specific locale

$ luit -encoding [GB2312] -x

List supported encodings

$ luit -list

Run shell with encoding

$ luit -encoding [KOI8-R]

luit converts between terminal encoding and application encoding. It enables UTF-8 terminals to run legacy apps.The tool acts as a filter between the terminal and the application, translating character encodings.

PARAMETERS

COMMAND

Command to run with encoding.

-encoding ENC

Character encoding.

-x

Exit on child termination.

-list

List encodings.

-g N

GL character set.

--help

Display help information.

INSTALL

sudo apt install luit

sudo dnf install luit

sudo pacman -S luit

sudo zypper install luit

brew install luit

nix profile install nixpkgs#luit

CAVEATS

X11 tool. May not handle all encodings. Complex legacy encoding support.

HISTORY

luit was created for XFree86/X.Org to handle encoding conversion for terminals running UTF-8.